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  • I aku o Malio ia Halaaniani, "E hoi kaua a kakahiaka hiki hou mai kaua ianei, ia manawa e lohe maopopo aku ai kaua i kona manao."

    The Hawaiian Romance Of Laieikawai Martha Warren Beckwith 1915

  • I aku o Aiwohikupua i kona Kuhina, "Heaha keia e hoi ole mai nei na kanaka a kaua e hoouna aku nei?"

    The Hawaiian Romance Of Laieikawai Martha Warren Beckwith 1915

  • A lohe aku la lakou ia Ulili ma i keia kaua a ka moo me ka ilio, a he mea mau nae ia Aiwohikupua ma ka nana ia uka.

    The Hawaiian Romance Of Laieikawai Martha Warren Beckwith 1915

  • i kuu olelo paa ia oe; i noho aku auanei kaua, a i loaa ka kaua keiki, a he keikikane, alaila pomaikai kaua, ola na iwi iloko o ko kaua mau la elemakule, a haule aku i ka make, nalo no hoi na wahi huna: na ia keiki

    The Hawaiian Romance Of Laieikawai Martha Warren Beckwith 1915

  • Despite that he knew what he was to see, when he did turn his head and beheld his wife and Sonny, the pair he had seen thieving in the dark, he went suddenly dizzy, and paused, supporting himself with a hand against a pillar, and smiling vacuously at the grouped singing boys who were pulsing the sensuous night into richer sensuousness with their honi kaua wiki-wiki refrain.

    THE KANAKA SURF 2010

  • Ho'omaika'i makou ia 'oe no Kamiano ka Pomaika'i, kaua a ke Akua, a kaua no ho'i o ka lahui kanaka a me ka 'aha pule o Na Pu'uwai

    Feast of Blessed Damien of Molokai Esther 2009

  • Ho'omaika'i makou ia 'oe no Kamiano ka Pomaika'i, kaua a ke Akua, a kaua no ho'i o ka lahui kanaka a me ka 'aha pule o Na Pu'uwai

    Archive 2009-05-10 Esther 2009

  • Rääkimata sellest, et ma pole kaua aega nii toredas, siiras, mõtlikus, vaimustatud, kriitilises ja heatujulises seltskonnas olnud.

    tatsutahime Diary Entry tatsutahime 2009

  • Miski meeskond pole kaua võitnud, aga nende suurim fänn arvab, et seekord läheb kõik tema lemmikmeeskonnale soodsas suunas.

    Archive 2009-11-01 Ulmeguru 2009

  • Miski meeskond pole kaua võitnud, aga nende suurim fänn arvab, et seekord läheb kõik tema lemmikmeeskonnale soodsas suunas.

    Cthulhu Tales: Exactly the Right Word Ulmeguru 2009

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