"Two vast and trunkless legs of stone stand in the desert"

"Two vast and trunkless legs of stone stand in the desert" - Ozymandias by Percy Bysshe Shelley

"A wild hollering noise reaches his ears through the open window"

"A wild hollering noise reaches his ears through the open window" - Cryptonomicon by Neal Stephenson

"He hangs around and makes a nuisance of himself"

"He hangs around and makes a nuisance of himself" - Cryptonomicon by Neal Stephenson