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
I say "irritations of propinquity," for, excepting among the angels, the status of propinquity cannot be permanently maintained without at least semi-occasional irritation.
From Child Versus Parent Some Chapters on the Irrepressible Conflict in the Home by Stephen Wise
He is represented in the person of an old man looking from the clouds, in the centre of the ceiling, and the King appears among the angels that surround him.
From Recollections of Europe by James Fenimore Cooper
"They said he was only a poor owld innocent, but all is aqualized, an' thim that's despised sometimes have betther comp'ny among the angels than that of mortials."
From Irish Wonders by D. R. (David Russell) McAnally
"The child may well have the voice of an angel," scolded old Ursula, "he is like to be among the angels soon enough!"
From The Ravens and the Angels With Other Stories and Parables by Elizabeth Rundle Charles
