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 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

"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

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 Wise, Stephen

Could you choose your seat in the eternal mansions, it would be among the angels that rejoice over one sinner that repenteth.

From Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 56, Number 348 by Various