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said to reside or cranes and long
There are many subjects for such purposes, for instance, the landscape of the mythological island of Mount Horai, where immortals are said to reside, or cranes and long hair-tailed mythical tortoises, or the three twin plants of pine, plum, and bamboo.
— from A Fantasy of Far Japan; Or, Summer Dream Dialogues by Kencho Suematsu

So the rapids of Carillon and Long
So the rapids of Carillon and Long Sault are ascended.
— from Canada: the Empire of the North Being the Romantic Story of the New Dominion's Growth from Colony to Kingdom by Agnes C. Laut

suggest the return of Concini and Leonora
Although this extraordinary leniency by no means fulfilled the wishes of De Luynes, he dared not venture further at the moment; and he accordingly induced the Bishop of Carcassonne to propose to the Queen-mother that she should herself suggest the return of Concini and Leonora to Italy.
— from The Life of Marie de Medicis, Queen of France, Consort of Henri IV, and Regent of the Kingdom under Louis XIII — Volume 2 by Miss (Julia) Pardoe

sought the resort of crowds and lived
"I sought the resort of crowds, and lived amid turbulences.
— from Tales of the Chesapeake by George Alfred Townsend


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