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Meanings of first salutation in English

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Usage of first salutation in English
1
A long and deep pull at the water-skin was the first salutation.
The Nile Tributaries of Abyssinia, and the Sword Hunters of the ...
2
His first salutation was, Where can I find that ungrateful villain Dan?
Isaac T. Hopper: A True Life
3
When the first salutation was over, I asked if he was the king.
A General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels — Volume...
4
The doctor thought this an odd question for the first salutation.
Gryll Grange
5
Jane North made her appearance, and her first salutation was:
The Harvest of Years
6
The first salutation I did not hear, but Matthias' reply was "yaas sah."
The Harvest of Years
7
After the first salutation, he laughingly said:
Seven Wives and Seven Prisons / Or, Experiences in the Life of a...
8
Should either of them call, their first salutation to you will be: 'The price of liberty is eternal vigilance.'
The Continental Monthly, Vol. 1, No. 5, May, 1862 / Devoted To L...
9
I was shewn into his room, and after the first salutation he said, 'I am glad you are come.
Boswell's Life of Johnson / Abridged and edited, with an introdu...
10
It might have been yesterday that he had stood in that room, blushing with awkward pleasure under Mr. Grey's first salutation.
Robert Elsmere
11
Well, perverse Pamela, ungrateful runaway, said he, for my first salutation!-Youdo well, don't you, to give me all this trouble and vexation!
Pamela, or Virtue Rewarded
12
After the first salutation, he sat down, his hands on his knees, gazing on the floor, and shaking his head soberly, if not sadly.
The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 07, No. 42, April, 1861 / A Magazin...
13
When I met him casually in the street, his first salutation was likely to be such as this: What a liar that Alison was!
The Complete Writings of Charles Dudley Warner — Volume 1
14
It was John Renard, the artist; after the first salutations question followed question.
In and out of Three Normandy Inns
15
After the first salutations, they inquired what had brought me thither.
The Arabian Nights Entertainments - Complete
16
Mrs. Wharton asked, after the first salutations were over.
Lewie; Or, The Bended Twig
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First salutation across language varieties
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