among the angels

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“Paradise Lost” depicts a war among the angels, Satan being cast into hell and the temptation of Adam and Eve.

From Washington Times • Nov. 12, 2014

“There is joy among the angels of heaven over one sinner that repenteth.”

From Post Haste by Ballantyne, R. M. (Robert Michael)

"Talent she may not have, Beauty, nor wit, nor grace, But until she's among the angels She cannot be commonplace."

From Three Addresses to Girls at School by Wilson, J. M. (James Maurice)

I expect you are pretty well known among the angels by this time.

From The Pearl of Orr's Island A Story of the Coast of Maine by Stowe, Harriet Beecher

Had this poor creature put on the invisible panoply which made her dare to go among the angels, while Eleanor's own hand was empty—could not reach it—could not grasp it?

From The Old Helmet, Volume I by Warner, Susan