Papa merely excused the cherub on the ground of "his great flow of spirits."
"Dickens As an Educator"
James L. (James Laughlin) Hughes
My darling, amongst flowering cherub trees a moment shared with you is pretty mirth accounts all Arcadia's treasures, the angelic breath off passing wings.
"Sympathetic Magic"
Paul Cameron Brown
Such a kind creature as she is, will be in the place of 'the sweet little cherub which,' as the song says, 'sits up aloft, and takes care of the life of poor Jack.
"Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland, Vol. XX"
Alexander Leighton