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  • "Alia kaua e honi, me kuu kaikunane mua oe e honi aku ai, a pau ko olua manawa, alaila, honi aku kaua."

    The Hawaiian Romance Of Laieikawai Martha Warren Beckwith 1915

  • Olelo aku la oia imua o na malahini, "Aole o'u manao e hoounauna aku ia olua e kokua mai ia'u ma ka hoe pu ana i ka waa, no ka mea, he mea nui olua na'u."

    The Hawaiian Romance Of Laieikawai Martha Warren Beckwith 1915

  • Nolaila, ma keia kakahiaka, e lilo ana ka wahine a olua ia oe.

    The Hawaiian Romance Of Laieikawai Martha Warren Beckwith 1915

  • I aku la ke kamaaina, "E ke kaikamahine, aole pela, aole au e haalele ana ia oula; aka, i manao ae nei au e huli i kokoolua no'u e hoe aku ai ia olua a pae i Lanai."

    The Hawaiian Romance Of Laieikawai Martha Warren Beckwith 1915

  • I ua mau elele la i hala aku ai, aole i liuliu halawai mai la me laua kekahi kanaka kia manu mai uka mai o Olaa; ninau mai la, "Mahea ka olua hele."

    The Hawaiian Romance Of Laieikawai Martha Warren Beckwith 1915

  • "Aole olua e pono pela," wahi a Mailekaluhea, "no ka mea, ua hoonohoia mai makou he mau kiai e kipaku aku i na mea a pau i hele mai i keia wahi, nolaila, e hoi olua."

    The Hawaiian Romance Of Laieikawai Martha Warren Beckwith 1915

  • Alaila, olelo aku la ua mea waa nei ia Laieikawai ma, "Auhea olua, e noho olua i ka hale nei, na olua na mea a pau oloko, aole kekahi mea e koe o ka hale nei ia olua, o olua maloko a mawaho o keia wahi."

    The Hawaiian Romance Of Laieikawai Martha Warren Beckwith 1915

  • Hai mai la o Mailehaiwale i ka moe i loaa ia ia, "I uka no i Paliuli, hele ae la no o Halaaniani a lawe ae ana no ia oe, (Kahalaomapuana,) a hele aku nei no olua ma kahi e aku, ku aku nei ko'u uhane nana ia olua, hikilele wale ae nei no hoi au."

    The Hawaiian Romance Of Laieikawai Martha Warren Beckwith 1915

  • I aku la ka Makaula, "Ua hewa olua i kuu manao; ina o kuu noho wale ke kumu o ka hoi hou ana o ka waa o kakou i Oahu, alaila, ke olelo nei au, ua hewa ka mea iluna o kuaiako, no ka mea, he noho wale iho no kana, aole ana hana."

    The Hawaiian Romance Of Laieikawai Martha Warren Beckwith 1915

  • Ninau mai la ke Alii, "Ua halawai olua me Poliahu?"

    The Hawaiian Romance Of Laieikawai Martha Warren Beckwith 1915

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