 There is something approaching the sublime in the lofty noddings of the kahiles of state, as they tower far above the heads of the group whose distinction they proclaim : something conveying to the mind impressions of greater majesty than the gloamings....  The Ladies' pocket magazine - Page 921828Full view - About this book
 | Charles Samuel Stewart - Hawaii - 1828 - 336 pages
...dress and insignia of rank so magnificent as these : and they were found here in all their richness, when the islands were discovered by Cook. There is...Kekauonohi presented themselves much in the same manner as Tamehamaru ; but instead oi whale boats, had for their seats double canoes. / . Pauahi, another of... | |
 | Charles Samuel Stewart - Hawaii - 1828 - 260 pages
...dress and insignia of rank so magnificent as these : rtnd they were found here in all tfoeir richness, when the islands were discovered by Cook, There is...to the mind impressions of greater majesty than the ^learnings of the most splendid banner I ever saw unfurled. The queens Kinau and Kekauonohi presented... | |
 | Charles Samuel Stewart - Hawaii - 1828 - 340 pages
...dress and insignia of rank so magnificent as these : and they were found here in all their richness, when the islands were discovered by Cook. There is...to the mind impressions of greater majesty than the gleamings of the most splendid banner 1 ever saw unfurled. The queens Kinau and Kekauonohi presented... | |
 | Charles Samuel Stewart - Hawaii - 1828 - 428 pages
...dress and insignia of rank so magnificent as these : and they were found here in all their richness, when the islands were discovered by Cook. There is...to the mind impressions of greater majesty than the gleanings of the most splendid banner I ever saw unfurled. The queens Kinau and Kekau-onohi presented... | |
 | Charles Samuel Stewart - Hawaii - 1828 - 458 pages
...Cook. There is 118 *EAT 0* PA UA HI. something approaching the sublime in the lofty noddings of (he kahiles of state, as they tower far above the heads...to the mind impressions of greater majesty than the gleamings of the most splendid banner I ever saw unfurled. The queens Kinau and Kekau-onohi presented... | |
 | Charles Samuel Stewart - Hawaii - 1828 - 334 pages
...they proclaim : something conveying to the mind impressions of greater majesty than the gleamings.of the most splendid banner I ever saw unfurled. The...Kekauonohi presented themselves much in the same manner as Tamehamaru ; but instead ol whale boats, had for their seats double canoes* / Pauahi, another of the... | |
 | Charles Samuel Stewart - Hawaii - 1839 - 356 pages
...they proclaim — something conveying to the mind impressions of majesty unequaled by the gleamings of the most splendid banner I ever saw unfurled. The...Kekauonohi presented themselves much in the same manner as Kameharnalu; but instead of whaleboats, had for their seats double canoes. Pauahi, another of the wives... | |
 | Anthropology - 1900 - 958 pages
...funeral procession is graphically described by the Rev. CS Richards, missionary on the islands in 1822: "There is something approaching the sublime in the lofty noddings of the kahilis of state as they tower far above the heads of the group whose distinction they proclaim : something... | |
 | Charmian London - Hawaii - 1922 - 486 pages
...dress and insignia of rank so magnificent as these; and they were found here, in all their richness, when the islands were discovered by Cook. There is...approaching the sublime in the lofty noddings of the kahilis of state as they tower far above the heads of the group whose distinction they proclaim; something... | |
 | Anthropology - 1900 - 880 pages
...the islands in 1822: "There is something approaching the sublime in the lofty noddings of the kahilis of state as they tower far above the heads of the...to the mind impressions of greater majesty than the gleamings of the most splendid banners I ever saw unfurled" (page 20). Lets. — This ornament is formed... | |
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