Two tame doves perched on her right shoulder; she wore a robe of white COAN gauze, which fell below the knee, but seemed intended to adorn rather than to conceal her charms.
"The Scarlet Banner"
Felix Dahn
And with surprising strength he dragged the Greek, who resisted with all her power, up beside him, swung her upon the broad pedestal of the statue, and tore wildly at the white silk coverlet which, while on the ship, Glauke had thrown over her shoulders, and the transparent COAN robe.
"The Scarlet Banner"
Felix Dahn
When Dr. and Mrs. COAN came to the island of Hawaii, its shores and woods were populous; and through their labors and those of the Reverend Mr. Lyman and one or two others, thousands of men and women were instructed in the truths of Christianity, inducted into civilized habits of life, and finally brought into the church.
"Northern California, Oregon, and the Sandwich Islands"
Charles Nordhoff
