Brewer's: Angel Visits

Delightful intercourse of short duration and rare occurrence.

“(Visits) Like those of angels, short and far between.” Blair: Grave, pt. ii. 586.

“Like angel-visits, few and far between.” Campbell: Pleasures of Hope, line 375.

Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894
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