At the north of the harbor stood the celebrated colossus of brass, once reckoned one of the wonders of the world.

A day will come when it will be a giant, even a colossus formidable in these countries.

This devil's land took on a vindictive personality; it was a hideous colossus, stooping over her, inspired with but one cruel desire, to crush her soft white body, to stamp out her life, to annihilate her and gloat over her shrieking despair.

There is that fine description of a prize-fight in Virgil, where the veteran'the imperturbable colossus' of his time, I suppose we may call himalmost knocks the life out of the younger man, and sends him from the contest swinging his head to and fro, and spitting out teeth mingled with bloodrather a horrible picture!" "Ten to six on the boiler-maker," said the cabman; "I'll take ten to six.

And they, each tightly holding the other's hand like two little children, stood pale and shuddering, unable to move toward the stricken colossus.