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And now she wonders if knowing about the fact that this is a culture i'i ', with a cleanliness habit isn't also suppressed racism.
Mother Of Storms Barnes, John, 1957- 1994
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Gaining her room, she hastily made repairs on i'i her makeup.
Breakfast In Bed Brown, Sandra, 1948- 1983
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I claim the rotating cylinder i, with its cutters, i'i ', in combination with the rotating cylinder, f, with the stationary knives, f'f', and adjustable finishers, g g, when arranged to operate substantially as described and set
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This, which the Hawaiians call _i'i_, is a phenomenon comparable to the weaving of a vine about a framework, or to the
Unwritten Literature of Hawaii The Sacred Songs of the Hula Nathaniel Bright Emerson 1877
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This privilege of exercising individuality might even extend to the solid framework of the mele or oli and not merely to the filigree, the i'i, that enwreathed it.
Unwritten Literature of Hawaii The Sacred Songs of the Hula Nathaniel Bright Emerson 1877
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The foreign influence has repressed and well-nigh driven from the field the monotonous fluctuations of the i'i, has lifted the starveling melodies of Hawaii out of the old ruts and enriched them with new notes, thus giving them a spring and
Unwritten Literature of Hawaii The Sacred Songs of the Hula Nathaniel Bright Emerson 1877
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The number of measures devoted to the _i'i_, or fluctuation, which is indicated by the wavering line [Illustration:], varied from time to time, even when the singer repeated the same passage.
Unwritten Literature of Hawaii The Sacred Songs of the Hula Nathaniel Bright Emerson 1877
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It consisted of a prolonged trilling or fluctuating movement called _i'i_, in which the voice went up and down in a weaving manner, touching the main note that formed the framework of the melody, then springing away from it for some short interval -- a half of a step, or even some shorter interval -- like an electrified pith-ball, only to return and then spring away again and again until the impulse ceased.
Unwritten Literature of Hawaii The Sacred Songs of the Hula Nathaniel Bright Emerson 1877
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The song has been slightly idealized, perhaps, by trimming away some of the superfluous i'i, but not more than is necessary to make it highly acceptable to our ears and not so much as to take from it the plaintive bewitching tone that pervades the folk-music of
Unwritten Literature of Hawaii The Sacred Songs of the Hula Nathaniel Bright Emerson 1877
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