ignes fatui
- plural of ignis fatuus.
Example Sentences
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They were like ignes fatui, flashing up from dank caverns and dying out while I looked upon them.
From Beulah by Evans, Augusta J. (Augusta Jane)
When Lockman had thus spoken, he went away and disappeared among the graves, a few pale blue ignes fatui alone marking the way which he went.
From Tales from the German Comprising specimens from the most celebrated authors by Various
Why should not clever Jack have this in view as much as the ignes fatui of woolsacks and mitres?
From Some Private Views by Payn, James
Upon the whole, no person could be less liable than myself to be led away from the severe precincts of truth by the ignes fatui of superstition.
From The Works of Edgar Allan Poe — Volume 1 by Willis, Nathaniel Parker
The appearance of some treacherous ignes fatui, which he mistook for the watch-fires, led him off still farther.
From Translations from the German (Vol 3 of 3) Tales by Musaeus, Tieck, Richter by Carlyle, Thomas
