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Examples
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Salves for healing cuts and sores were her specialty, but she was also equal to larger challenges.
Gutenber-e Help Page 2005
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Salves for Aches, to take the Ague out of any place Burning or
A Book of Fruits and Flowers Anonymous
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The senators came to him and bowed low, and said their "_Aves_" and "_Salves_" as though cringing before
A Friend of Caesar A Tale of the Fall of the Roman Republic. Time, 50-47 B.C. William Stearns Davis 1903
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Besides all these things, there was the chapel of the singers, who with voices and music of flutes and clarions, serve in the masses, vespers, and _Salves_, at least on the principal feast-days.
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What most surprised me was that, although this animal is very voracious and always devours a man after killing him, or at least carries away a hand or foot, this man it left untouched, although dead; and thus he was found by the Indians, to their great horror, and causing them to hold in great esteem the disciplines, and the _Salves_ to our Lady.
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Devoutly the curious spectators knelt at the passage of the float of the Mother of God, reciting Credos and Salves fervently.
The Social Cancer Jos�� Rizal 1878
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"As God pleases, this hope may be confirmed," replied Irene de Salves, and turning to her companion, who was softly sobbing, she whispered consolingly to her: "Courage, Louison, you will soon embrace your brother."
The Son of Monte-Cristo, Volume II Jules Lermina 1877
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In the meantime Girdel had met Irene de Salves in the corridor of the house.
The Son of Monte-Cristo, Volume II Jules Lermina 1877
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"But I thought the marriage was a good one for both sides; the fortune of the Salves --"
The Son of Monte-Cristo, Volume II Jules Lermina 1877
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The cabin resounded with Salves and Aves, with invocations to the saints, promises, curses, and litanies.
The Frozen Pirate 1877
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