ministering angel
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The secret of her appeal and depth is that she is a ministering angel who also ministers to herself.
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One Mrs. Austen now played ministering angel to Ben's despair, ar ranged for the anonymous publication of an other society novel, better than his abortive first.
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"C'est comme si on essayait d'enseigner le patinage � la femme aux jambes de bois du boulevard," said the ministering angel to one of my bachelor friends.
From An Englishman in Paris Notes and Recollections by Albert D.
I tell thee, churlish priest, A ministering angel shall this woman be, When thou liest howling!
From The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll, Vol. 5 (of 12) Dresden Edition?Discussions by Ingersoll, Robert Green
Time is humanity's best friend, and should be pictured as a ministering angel, instead of a skeleton with hour-glass and scythe.
From Etidorhpa or the End of Earth. The Strange History of a Mysterious Being and The Account of a Remarkable Journey by Lloyd, John Uri