Meanings of ignis fatuus in inglês

It is only the meteoric light of the ignis fatuus, soon extinguished.

The illusion was gone,-theignis fatuus of adventure, the dream of wealth.

A light which illuminates centuries must be more than an ignis fatuus.

To this had the ignis fatuus of a false love brought her!

He leaps over extensive regions of country like an ignis fatuus.

And pray how have you employed yourself, you incorrigible ignis fatuus?

Like an ignis fatuus, it had lured her to destruction.

An ignis fatuus, perhaps; a Jack-o'-lanthorn begotten of putrescence.

I'll fry some fat out of this ignis fatuus or burn a hole in the skillet.

A personal influence is an ignis fatuus.

Upon the mast, where I noticed a sort of slight ignis fatuus, the sail hangs in loose heavy folds.

Like some ignis fatuus belated upon the road behind them which all could see and of which none spoke.

Whether the ignis fatuus of fancy doth not kindle immoderate desires, and lead men into endless pursuits and wild labyrinths?

The ignis fatuus of human happiness employs all minds, all faculties, all pens, and all theories, just at this particular moment.

In point of fact, however, this ignis fatuus was the lantern by the light of which the two police agents were pursuing their investigations.

We seemed to be fascinated hither and thither by an ignis fatuus, enticed into quagmires and quicksands by an altogether illusive, mocking, malicious Will-o'-the-wisp.