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
He fancies Christianity to be a holy order of perfection, altogether without infirmity, a perfection as in heaven among the angels.
From Epistle Sermons, Vol. II Epiphany, Easter and Pentecost by Lenker, John Nicholas
"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 Charles, Elizabeth Rundle
But the Magdalen is on the right, behind St. Monica; and on the same side, but lowest of all, Rachel, among the angels of her children, gathered now again to her forever.
From Aratra Pentelici, Seven Lectures on the Elements of Sculpture Given before the University of Oxford in Michaelmas Term, 1870 by Ruskin, John
Even now, when the world becomes more real, I feel like one aroused very softly from dreaming among the angels.
From Mabel's Mistake by Stephens, Ann S. (Ann Sophia)
