angel-mother

Even as it is, your faithful, I may say religious, love for my poor angel-mother recommends you before all others to my everlasting esteem and affection.

The Doctor's Daughter [pseud.] Vera

I often thought of that better land, whither my angel-mother had flown years ago, my father had gone there now, too.

The Doctor's Daughter [pseud.] Vera

She was too far away, I supposed, up among the blue sunlit clouds, where all was bright and cheerful: an angel-mother with beautiful white wings like the picture in Hannah's prayer-book, and a sweet smiling face that always looked down on me, watching my words and actions.

The Doctor's Daughter [pseud.] Vera

My mother is an angel-mother, and my father has gone to the far country.

Just David 1916

"She is an angel-mother, and angel-mothers don't live in houses, you know."

Just David 1916

She is an angel-mother, and angel-mothers don't have anything only their pictures down here with us.

Just David 1916

There, too, he hid the watch; but the little miniature of the angel-mother he slipped back into one of his pockets.

Just David 1916

He liked the _angel_, and particularly the angel-mother in woman.

The Lost Girl 1907

There, too, he hid the watch; but the little miniature of the angel-mother he slipped back into one of his pockets.

Just David 1894

"She is an angel-mother, and angel-mothers don't live in houses, you know."

Just David 1894