Uncle Tom’s Cabin vocabulary

He even regretted having heard the Te Deum of the great masters, for he remembered that admirable plain-chant, that hymn so simple and solemn composed by some unknown saint,

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he could hear the martial music, the artillery salutes, the tolling of the Te Deum, and a few phrases of the speeches

Gabriel García Márquez. One Hundred Years of Solitude, pp.231-2 (1970)

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lifting his trembling hand said, "Let us give thanks unto the Lord!" As all kneeled by one consent, a more touching and hearty Te Deum never ascended to heaven, though borne on the peal of organ, bell and cannon, than came from that honest old heart.

Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin

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The queen, Marie Antoinette, had given birth to a son, Louis Charles, and to celebrate the birth of the prince, Louis called for a Te Deum to be sung at the Cathedral of Notre Dame.

Thomas J. Craughwell. Thomas Jefferson's Crème Brûlée, p.56 (2012)