As she came out Kitty's face cleared, and, assuming her sprightliest air, she spread her plumage and prepared to descend with effect, for a party of uninvited Peris stood at the gate of this Paradise casting longing glances at the forbidden splendors within.
"Kitty's Class Day And Other Stories"
Louisa M. Alcott
It is not easy to know precisely whether the Peris of the Persians were invented before the demons of the Greeks, but it is very probable that they were.
"A Philosophical Dictionary, Volume 5 (of 10) From "The Works of Voltaire - A Contemporary Version""
François-Marie Arouet (AKA Voltaire) Commentator: John Morley Tobias Smollett H.G. Leigh
No wonder the invalid, recovering from his illness, after the long dark spell that has obscured his intellect, wrapping his soul, as it were, in a shroud-no wonder he fancies the scene to be a sort of Paradise, worthy of being inhabited by Peris.
"The Lone Ranche"
Captain Mayne Reid