The ship, though not in measure with the Colossi of later times, was yet a huge mass as measured by the man, and she was no more than a cork on the tide.
"The Autobiography of a Journalist, Volume I"
William James Stillman
A half mile from the Ramessium brings one to the Colossi of Memnon, the two huge seated figures of stone, which were long included among the seven wonders of the world.
"The Critic in the Orient"
George Hamlin Fitch
We look, we search, and instead of the Colossi, we find abortions.
"Napoleon the Little"
Victor Hugo