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  • And so I went to-day with my new wig, o hoao, to visit Lady

    The Journal to Stella 2003

  • "Kuuia aku paha i ka hilahila," wahi a kona Kuhina, "a i ole e loaa i na kaikuahine o kaua, alaila, na'u e kii a loaa iloko o ka hale, a olelo aku wau e lawe ia oe i kane hoao nana e like me kou makemake."

    The Hawaiian Romance Of Laieikawai Martha Warren Beckwith 1915

  • Mahope iho o keia mau mea, hoao hou ae la laua i ka laua hana no ka hooko i ka laua hoohiki.

    The Hawaiian Romance Of Laieikawai Martha Warren Beckwith 1915

  • Ma ka la o Kulu, ma ke kakahiaka, i ka puka ana ae o ka la a kiekie iki ae, ike aku la o Aiwohikupua ma i ka hoomaka ana o ka hau e uhi maluna o ka piko o na mauna, a hiki i kahi o laua e hoao ai.

    The Hawaiian Romance Of Laieikawai Martha Warren Beckwith 1915

  • Waiulaula olua e hoao ai, ina e ike aku kakou ma ke kakahiaka nui o ka la o Kulu, e halii ana ka hau mai ka piko o Maunakea, Maunaloa, a me

    The Hawaiian Romance Of Laieikawai Martha Warren Beckwith 1915

  • Aiwohikupua ko'u kuleana i hiki ai i keia aina, no kuu lohe ana ae nei ua hoao oiala me Poliahu, nolaila i hele mai nei wau e ike i koiala hoopunipuni nui ia'u.

    The Hawaiian Romance Of Laieikawai Martha Warren Beckwith 1915

  • Ia Waka e hoouna ae ai ia Laieikawai maluna o ka eheu o na manu, no ka hoao me Kekalukaluokewa; uhi mai auanei ka noe a me ke awa,

    The Hawaiian Romance Of Laieikawai Martha Warren Beckwith 1915

  • Kekalukaluokewa, he la hookahakaha, no ka hoao o Laielohelohe me ua

    The Hawaiian Romance Of Laieikawai Martha Warren Beckwith 1915

  • I Hawaii aku nei makou i nalo iho nei, i kii aku nei wau ia Laieikawai i wahine mare (hoao) na'u, no ko'u lohe ana no ia Kauakahialii e olelo ana i ka la a lakou i hiki mai ai.

    The Hawaiian Romance Of Laieikawai Martha Warren Beckwith 1915

  • A no kela olelo a ka wahine, hai aku o Hauailiki i kona manao, "Ua pono kou manao, ua like no kou manao me ko'u; aka, e hoohui mua kaua ia kaua iho e like me ka makemake o ka mea ume, a mahope loa aku, alaila hoao loa kaua."

    The Hawaiian Romance Of Laieikawai Martha Warren Beckwith 1915

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