| 单词 | will-o'-the-wisp |
| 例句 | That is, the media have been chasing a will-o'-the-wisp for the better part of a year, whipping car buyers and Congress into a frenzy. Why Didn't the Media Do a Better Job on Toyota 2010-07-22T16:20:00Z McGregor, despite uncharacteristic flaws in his attempted estuary accent, is excellent as a will-o'-the-wisp of a character, whose discoveries seem driven more by the hand of fate than by any personal drive or endeavour. You review: The Ghost 2010-04-19T13:02:00Z The independence referendum is the will-o'-the-wisp of the Scottish election campaign. Has Scottish politics changed since 2014 referendum? - BBC News 2016-05-04T04:00:00Z Chasing will-o'-the-wisp planners, judges and environmental activists is mere skirmishing. David Cameron's Hitler talk misses the real enemy in our midst 2012-11-20T20:30:01Z Dananjaya, a will-o'-the-wisp 18 year old from the southern suburbs of Colombo, was given his international debut. World Twenty20 2012: Sri Lanka need super over to beat New Zealand 2012-09-27T15:15:11Z What tangible fact can be laid hold of with regard to its early history, save the will-o'-the-wisp light emanating from the traditions of a more modern day? The Catholic World; Volume I, Issues 1-6 A Monthly Eclectic Magazine 2012-04-05T02:00:40.207Z Was it the fact or only his fancy, a mere will-o'-the-wisp inviting him to trouble that led him to imagine that she looked at him queerly? The Great House 2012-03-30T02:00:14.973Z They were promptly extinguished and seemed like a kind of will-o'-the-wisp, similar to electric sparks coming and going with great rapidity. Mysterious Psychic Forces An Account of the Author's Investigations in Psychical Research, Together with Those of Other European Savants 2012-03-28T02:00:29.747Z Joel watched the fitful gleam of the lantern, flickering on unsteadily as a will-o'-the-wisp. Joel: A Boy of Galilee 2012-03-24T02:00:17.137Z Admitting what you say," he replied presently, "you only proclaim a will-o'-the-wisp. The Everlasting Arms 2012-03-22T02:00:37.327Z A night wanderer running through bog and brake after a will-o'-the-wisp, could not have encountered more perils, or in search of a more impalpable phantom. Harper's New Monthly Magazine, Vol. 1. No 1, June 1850 2012-03-21T02:00:31.390Z "It was a will-o'-the-wisp that I thought was real." Dorothy and other Italian Stories 2012-03-18T02:00:18.513Z Several persons think they see a will-o'-the-wisp through the gap between the curtains. Mysterious Psychic Forces An Account of the Author's Investigations in Psychical Research, Together with Those of Other European Savants 2012-03-28T02:00:29.747Z I said, pausing as I recalled the network of runs, and the will-o'-the-wisp aspect of the house, the previous evening. Solomon 2012-02-29T03:00:26.127Z A will-o'-the-wisp, the dream of a madman—a madman! The Everlasting Arms 2012-03-22T02:00:37.327Z What was this will-o'-the-wisp that railed in such foolish fashion? My Lords of Strogue Vol. III, (of III) A Chronicle of Ireland, from the Convention to the Union 2012-02-15T03:00:27.667Z He creeps and shuffles after Nature as at the first—much as the benighted traveller after the will-o'-the-wisp. Garden-Craft Old and New 2012-02-12T03:00:11.083Z As a matter of fact, Gordon was hunting a will-o'-the-wisp of hope, and it had led him to the brink of a resolve. A Romance of Wastdale 2012-02-01T03:00:11.227Z Wisp, wisp, n. a small bundle of straw or hay: a small broom: will-o'-the-wisp: a disease affecting the feet of cattle.—v.t. to rub down with a wisp.—adj. Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 4 of 4: S-Z and supplements) 2012-01-30T03:00:19.113Z It is as if a will-o'-the-wisp should undertake to guide one on an important journey. Sunday-School Success A Book of Practical Methods for Sunday-School Teachers and Officers 2011-12-21T03:00:45.660Z Silly will-o'-the-wisp, who, clad in siren-guise, thought thus to lure him back to love of life! My Lords of Strogue Vol. III, (of III) A Chronicle of Ireland, from the Convention to the Union 2012-02-15T03:00:27.667Z In his eyes blazed the old, restless light, the wild will-o'-the-wisp which lures the born wanderer the wide world over in erratic flight till set o' sun. The Lash 2011-12-20T03:00:32.457Z Variety became monotony, luxury an oppression, contentment a will-o'-the-wisp. What Will People Say? A novel 2011-12-17T03:00:18.490Z There is no pale, misleading will-o'-the-wisp of a heart decayed and bad. Vondel's Lucifer 2011-10-09T02:00:28.557Z Form is there, and color; hope is there, and the will-o'-the-wisp of human struggles evolving continually and, in their evolution, fading to human eyes as they take their place up higher. In a Mysterious Way 2011-09-25T02:00:17.377Z Your prot�g�s are a little excitable; they are like the will-o'-the-wisp. Napoleon's Letters to Josephine 2011-09-23T02:00:21.947Z At two p.m. we bivouac again, and begin to growl at this will-o'-the-wisp business. Campaigning with Crook and Stories of Army Life 2011-09-21T02:00:34.517Z It became a matter of desperate necessity to overtake that will-o'-the-wisp chauffeur and observe his passenger. What Will People Say? A novel 2011-12-17T03:00:18.490Z His guide guessed that it must be a will-o'-the-wisp from some swampy ground that lay there, but was careful not to betray himself by saying so lest he should be mistaken. The Strange Story Book 2011-09-15T02:00:13.747Z At that epoch, his star rising to the ascendent and Fame flitting before him as a will-o'-the-wisp urging him on, he met one of New York's most beautiful young matrons—Mme. Edgar Saltus: The Man 2011-09-13T02:00:36.953Z In the doctor's mind so many broken sentences began with that will-o'-the-wisp among words, that others really spoken fell upon stony ears, and he knew as little what he said in reply. The Crime Doctor 2011-09-09T02:01:05.570Z Suddenly a brilliant light flashed across the meadow and began to bob about like a hundred candle power will-o'-the-wisp. Mrs. Bindle Some Incidents from the Domestic Life of the Bindles 2011-09-08T02:00:22.323Z Her whole existence had been fugitive and precarious, for her husband was a speculator who had followed for thirty years the will-o'-the-wisp of sudden fortune. Masterman and Son 2011-08-23T02:00:35.033Z Presently he spied it, a merry will-o'-the-wisp, and the sound of voices came to him. A Maid of Many Moods 2011-08-23T02:00:27.517Z No more tantalising will-o'-the-wisp is there than form at golf. The Happy Golfer Being Some Experiences, Reflections, and a Few Deductions of a Wandering Golfer 2011-08-21T02:00:29.747Z Congratulating myself on the disappearance of the hideous will-o'-the-wisp, I set out at a five-mile-an-hour gait for camp. Hunting in Many Lands The Book of the Boone and Crockett Club 2011-08-20T02:00:11.973Z There are certain fat people in Australia who are scant of breath through pursuing the House of Lords' will-o'-the-wisp. The Awful Australian 2011-08-11T02:00:14.850Z How many an innocent, womanly heart has already been led astray by this will-o'-the-wisp of tender sophistry! A Twofold Life 2011-07-21T02:00:21.433Z He had feared her singing as a will-o'-the-wisp which would lead her away from him and the Ridge. The Black Opal 2011-07-13T02:00:16.323Z Scott's name for the will-o'-the-wisp is Friar Rush's lantern: "Better we had through mire and bush Been lantern-led by Friar Rush." Stranger Than Fiction Being Tales from the Byways of Ghosts and Folk-lore 2011-07-06T02:00:50.100Z "There is always something about you, not like a will-o'-the-wisp, but like a rippling wave." A Noble Name or D?nninghausen 2011-07-04T02:00:22.783Z Those who pursued such a will-o'-the-wisp, were not the men to point the way to any scientific discovery. The Seven Follies of Science [2nd ed.] A popular account of the most famous scientific impossibilities and the attempts which have been made to solve them. 2011-06-30T02:00:34.290Z I was told that subsequent to that matter my will-o'-the-wisp was coming on here positively. The Weight of the Crown 2011-06-26T02:00:09.240Z It danced like a will-o'-the-wisp in every mirror which her troubled eyes chanced to encounter. The Son of his Father 2011-06-01T02:00:21.287Z These men had fled from civilization in pursuit of the will-o'-the-wisp of gold. The Shooting of Dan McGrew, A Novel Based on the Famous Poem of Robert Service 2011-05-28T02:00:24.557Z For five years he had chased this will-o'-the-wisp of white enamel; and the only result was the sorrow of his relatives and the scorn of his neighbors. Lives of Poor Boys Who Became Famous 2011-04-26T02:00:23.677Z In the arched window embrasure, in one of the basement chambers, the tall Friderun had been sitting meanwhile; Praxedis gliding about her like an unstable will-o'-the-wisp. Ekkehard. Vol. II (of II). A Tale of the Tenth Century 2011-04-14T02:00:45.217Z Truly had Edwards described it as a will-o'-the-wisp. The Treasure of the Tigris A Tale of Mesopotamia 2011-03-22T02:00:16.873Z Then I weary became, For I thought that the flame Must be but a will-o'-the-wisp after all. The Anglican Friar and the Fish which he Took by Hook and by Crook 2011-03-13T03:00:22.773Z I see how the figure is creeping towards the will-o'-the-wisp, not heeding the stars sparkling above it. Countess Erika's Apprenticeship 2011-03-10T03:00:46.973Z Then something like a will-o'-the-wisp quivered in the pavilion! a little lamp illuminated the branches of the red fir-tree which kept guard before it. Withered Leaves. Vol. I. (of III) A Novel 2011-02-25T03:01:10.707Z Laroche hurried up, his big face streaming, the lantern shaking in his hands like a will-o'-the-wisp, his attitude grotesque with terror. The Plowshare and the Sword A Tale of Old Quebec 2011-02-24T03:01:05.143Z The mysteries of syntax seemed to elude his mental grasp, as the will-o'-the-wisp the eye and hand of its pursuer. Life of Heber C. Kimball, an Apostle The Father and Founder of the British Mission 2011-02-21T03:00:08.060Z Esm� was a will-o'-the-wisp—a false light on a marsh. The Oyster 2011-02-10T03:00:49.300Z With a bitter smile he added, "Well, the only comfort is that one can sometimes attain to the will-o'-the-wisp, though he can never reach the stars, however he may gaze up at them." Countess Erika's Apprenticeship 2011-03-10T03:00:46.973Z "Yet her father, who died early, was an honourable man; he only committed the fault of trying to use a will-o'-the-wisp as a night-light." Withered Leaves. Vol. I. (of III) A Novel 2011-02-25T03:01:10.707Z And might it not be, after all, that she had been chasing a will-o'-the-wisp of fancied "culture" all these years? The Road to Understanding 2011-01-29T03:00:20.840Z Even now in daylight it seemed to breathe fog and twilight, and when night should descend the will-o'-the-wisp probably commenced here also its ghostly play. The Sign of Flame 2011-01-27T03:00:43.087Z "I know she's a kind of a will-o'-the-wisp, and she feels as if she were managing everything and everybody here, but then that does not hurt us and it pleases her." Brenda, Her School and Her Club 2011-01-15T03:00:31.087Z This idea of a final stand on the confines of France and Germany haunted him to the end, and was the "will-o'-the-wisp" which intermittently tempted him to folly. The Life of Napoleon Bonaparte Vol. IV. (of IV.) 2011-01-05T03:00:52.520Z Little by little the good steady gleam of normal interests supplanted the wild will-o'-the-wisp lights in her eyes. The Sick-a-Bed Lady And Also Hickory Dock, The Very Tired Girl, The Happy-Day, Something That Happened in October, The Amateur Lover, Heart of The City, The Pink Sash, Woman's Only Business 2011-01-04T03:01:00.723Z That princess, that will-o'-the-wisp, with the curly hair and little, childish hands! A Sister's Love A Novel The will-o'-the-wisp had commenced its ghostly, uncanny play. The Sign of Flame 2011-01-27T03:00:43.087Z You questioned me, and now it's a mocking will-o'-the-wisp, teasing me from a distance and vanishing as I advance. Woman For, as I have already confessed, my own aims and purposes had vanished, as a light on which a nocturnal traveler depends suddenly proves a will-o'-the-wisp, and flickers into a marsh mist. The Romance of the Canoness A Life-History It is not a twinkling, joyous light like that mysterious will-o'-the-wisp that now and again has lured travelers into the marshes to their death. The Voice of the Pack To be sure I don't know the will-o'-the-wisp very well, she baffled all my conversational powers. The Children of the World He only turned his face and looked with fixed eyes out into the night, into the desolate, silent forest darkness and over yonder where the will-o'-the-wisp still carried on its ghostly dance. The Sign of Flame 2011-01-27T03:00:43.087Z Jean especially was like a will-o'-the-wisp, never still for an instant. The Ranch Girls' Pot of Gold If you have limitations which will prevent your ever reaching that "will-o'-the-wisp" known as "fame," do not waste money trying to achieve what is obviously out of your reach. Great Singers on the Art of Singing Educational Conferences with Foremost Artists What you and the other poets have seen is a will-o'-the-wisp, created, heaven knows why, save that we may learn hard lessons and that the world may be peopled. The Day of His Youth Not once, but often, for the more I drew the more I was eager to pursue that will-o'-the-wisp, the realisation of an idea. Fragments of an Autobiography Where was that Prima Ballerina Assoluta who with pitter-pat of silver shoes had danced like a will-o'-the-wisp before her imagination long ago? Carnival Always around the corner is another light, a new light—golden, twinkling, mocking, like the will-o'-the-wisp. The Ten-foot Chain or, Can Love Survive the Shackles? A Unique Symposium Marsh gas, whose feeble flame above decaying vegetation is the will-o'-the-wisp of swamps, is an example. Earth and Sky Every Child Should Know Easy studies of the earth and the stars for any time and place Her mind, flickering like a will-o'-the-wisp from one uncompleted thought to another, had been steadfast enough in that; her heart, detached from every human tie, had never faltered in its impulse of maternity. The Torch Bearer It was yellow light, eerie as a will-o'-the-wisp and scarcely stronger. The Caves of Fear Here first appears that great hero Yankee Doodle, who comes, like will-o'-the-wisp, from no one knows where, although many learned pages have been written to show his nationality. Children's Stories in American Literature, 1660-1860 It is touching to watch him centring his whole interest and placing his paternal pride in that delusive will-o'-the-wisp glimmer of goodness which must inevitably lead hope astray. Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science, Volume 20, September, 1877. Mr. Barnes felt himself powerless, and besides recalled the fact that whilst he followed this will-o'-the-wisp he was not keeping an eye upon Ali Baba. An Artist in Crime For as to this selfsame will-o'-the-wisp, which seems to allure so many from happiness, I trust it not. Hansford: A Tale of Bacon's Rebellion The great goal, the real meaning of our miserable balked mortal existence is not that dancing will-o'-the-wisp we call happiness, for want of a better name. Ancestors A Novel It might be that he had been chasing a will-o'-the-wisp, after all. The "Genius" And at night The twinkling flies in will-o'-the-wisp dance wheel Through copse and open, all a gnomish green. Days and Dreams Poems The couples flew round with the velocity of will-o'-the-wisp. Eyes Like the Sea It danced in the air like a will-o'-the-wisp, as though inviting the boys to hurry. The Blue Ghost Mystery I'm afraid Lady Natalie danced him to death last night, the will-o'-the-wisp. Trusia A Princess of Krovitch Ignorance of the nature of true pleasure has led us after many a will-o'-the-wisp, and our unlearned race has soiled its garments many times in error, commonly called "sin." Solaris Farm A Story of the Twentieth Century That's really methane, marsh gas, the same stuff that makes the will-o'-the-wisp you can see dancing around over a marsh. The Boy With the U. S. Life-Savers Who was the silken-skirted woman he met in the darkness but an hour or so before,—the woman whom he had attempted to accost, but who slipped past him like a will-o'-the-wisp—in silence? Laramie; or, The Queen of Bedlam. The question was raised whether it was not a will-o'-the-wisp that had misled the old man. The German Classics, v. 20 Masterpieces of German Literature She danced away like a will-o'-the-wisp, laughing as I've never heard a child laugh, so fine and pretty and mischievous it was. Miss Mouse and Her Boys He shot from one angle of a street to another something in the manner of a will-o'-the-wisp, and it was almost as difficult to fix his course and follow him up. Harper's New Monthly Magazine, Volume 2, No. 12, May, 1851. The dwarf's lantern could be seen from time to time among the forest trees like a will-o'-the-wisp; then that too vanished. Fairy Tales from the German Forests How this will-o'-the-wisp of the brain entices one into mental fogs! Daisy's Necklace And What Came of It The sanguine policy of building up a through traffic from the American West, by water to Collingwood and rail to Toronto, proved a will-o'-the-wisp. The Railway Builders A Chronicle of Overland Highways In his finest passages, as in his most trivial, he is at the mercy of the will-o'-the-wisp of divagation. Essays in English Literature, 1780-1860 This done, the North-West Passage, the will-o'-the-wisp of three hundred and fifty years, had been found. Adventurers of the Far North A Chronicle of the Frozen Seas The Moon was up, a round, white will-o'-the-wisp in the clear blue afternoon sky. The Big Tomorrow But, miles below them, it seemed, there was a tiny pin-point of brilliance—an eery green light that was like a wavering phosphorescence of will-o'-the-wisp. Astounding Stories of Super-Science, August 1930 Lambert was a busy man for several weeks after his last race with the will-o'-the-wisp, traveling between Glendora and Chicago, disposing of the Philbrook herd. The Duke Of Chimney Butte My endurance was too much for the will-o'-the-wisp. A Mountain Boyhood But that clue played will-o'-the-wisp with her fancy, leading it ever farther astray in a bottomless bog of black bewilderment. Nobody Who will believe in our days that Ezzelin was the son of a will-o'-the-wisp? The Phantom World or, The philosophy of spirits, apparitions, &c, &c. She confronted Dolly, and the will-o'-the-wisp was dancing in the profundities of her deep-set eyes. The Trimming of Goosie Gilbert was reminded of the ghostly tales of the will-o'-the-wisp, and the banshee, and other terrifying creatures, which, village gossip said, inhabited the Drowned Lands. Treasure Valley But when she had reached the wheat, the booming, like a will-o'-the-wisp, had been temptingly farther on; and she had turned back to the newly marked corn-land. The Biography of a Prairie Girl Joyce thought it was a will-o'-the-wisp; she had never seen one, but she had read of them, and she said they moved up and down just like that. Round the Wonderful World And she started off ahead of them, like a will-o'-the-wisp. The Rival Campers Ashore The Mystery of the Mill They peered over Dolly's shoulder in an alert examination of the disorder evident within the flat, and in their serene depths a slight will-o'-the-wisp seemed discreetly dancing. The Trimming of Goosie You knew that a real woman loved me, and you let me chase a will-o'-the-wisp with gloves and an umbrella? The Belovéd Vagabond A pacific agreement with England is a will-o'-the-wisp which no serious German statesman would trouble to follow. Gems (?) of German Thought But they too have been tricked and led astray by the old political will-o'-the-wisp, the seeming angel of 'Liberty' translated in their case to 'Home Rule.' British Socialism An Examination of Its Doctrines, Policy, Aims and Practical Proposals Ward had seen the gold fever sweep through a community and spoil life for the weak ones who took to chasing the will-o'-the-wisp of sudden wealth. The Ranch at the Wolverine It was no will-o'-the-wisp produced by exhalations of the earth; for, now it would shine brightly, and at the next moment vanish, as if it had mingled with the old tree's leaves. A Yacht Voyage to Norway, Denmark, and Sweden 2nd edition It is, however, quite possible that she was led astray by a will-o'-the-wisp, which has often misled artists not of the very first class—the chance of an easy contrast. A History of the French Novel, Vol. 2 To the Close of the 19th Century The will-o'-the-wisp of world empire has captured their imaginations and they are following it blindly. The American Empire It is the will-o'-the-wisp of my olfactive experience. The World I Live In I conclude by warning all that we can only too easily mistake a will-o'-the-wisp for a star, and that we should thus decide very honestly and carefully. The peace negotiations between the governments of the South African Republic and the Orange Free State, and the representatives of the British government, which terminated in the peace concluded at Vereeniging on the 31st May, 1902 Like the wandering lights of the Russians, answering to our will-o'-the-wisp, they are the souls of still-born children. Moon Lore This aureole may be larger or smaller, brighter or less bright—a full circlet of unbroken or hardly broken splendour, or a sort of will-o'-the-wisp cluster of gleam and darkness. A History of the French Novel, Vol. 2 To the Close of the 19th Century Some instinct told him that the dodging will-o'-the-wisp of light ahead of him had something to do with Jack, and he wanted to find out what that something was. The Ocean Wireless Boys And The Naval Code Like spectres—like phantoms—like vapor and mist, They have vanished forever—a will-o'-the-wisp! The Old Hanging Fork and Other Poems No will-o'-the-wisp mislight thee, No snake or slowworm bite thee, But on, on thy way, Not making a stay, Since ghost there's none to affright thee. Two Little Travellers A Story for Girls They are lighted on their toilsome ascent of the Blocksberg by a will-o'-the-wisp. The Faust-Legend and Goethe's 'Faust' And she went flitting about through the long grass, hither and thither like a will-o'-the-wisp, her long hair floating around her, her arms waving in gestures sometimes fantastic, but always graceful. Peggy Their faces, in the twilight, were dim and transparent; their tresses shone like the will-o'-the-wisp. The Story Of The Duchess Of Cicogne And Of Monsieur De Boulingrin 1920 These lights will consist of small globules or balls of phosphorescent light that will dance about, like the familiar will-o'-the-wisp seen over swamps and in damp, woody places. Genuine Mediumship or The Invisible Powers The Count uttered a sharp whistle, and the light went to the middle of the wood, and hurried like a will-o'-the-wisp towards the travellers. The International Monthly, Volume 3, No. 1, April, 1851 The sleeping form of Faust is borne aloft, the Mannikin leading the way like a will-o'-the-wisp, gleaming within his glass retort. The Faust-Legend and Goethe's 'Faust' So when Dennis arrived after lights, like a will-o'-the-wisp, with a whispered: "I say, Dink, all ready." The Varmint It may be I'm only following the will-o'-the-wisp of my fancies; all the same I want you to stay with me at least an hour. "The Pomp of Yesterday" To Eustace's distraction, in his dream Becky would insist on playing hide-and-seek, and kept constantly disappearing and returning, flitting on in front of them now and again like a will-o'-the-wisp. Queensland Cousins His most natural interest is that of studying the mental makeup of those who chase this will-o'-the-wisp. Psychology and Social Sanity He might have given up his search for this will-o'-the-wisp but for the fact that his new employers seemed to attach considerable importance to his making acquaintance with this notability of Kieff. The Book of All-Power From some melodious swain came a freakish fiddling, which leaped and danced like mad, now here, now there, like an audible will-o'-the-wisp. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 14, No. 85, November, 1864 My hope, if it be anything else than the veriest will-o'-the-wisp and delusion, is the answer of my heart to the revealed truth of God. Expositions of Holy Scripture Ephesians; Epistles of St. Peter and St. John She waited till her guest, who had taken an aimless prowl round the house, returned once more like a wandering will-o'-the-wisp to the dining-room, then she tackled her. A harum-scarum schoolgirl No. The snark had a flavor like that of will-o'-the-wisp. Anything You Can Do ... In our efforts to grope into the dim recesses of this awful past, we want the aid of some steadfast light which shall illumine the dark places without the treachery of the will-o'-the-wisp. Time and Tide A Romance of the Moon "But you had as well try to correspond with the will-o'-the-wisp," he wrote. David Malcolm Love, said reason, was unstable, flitting; woman, a will-o'-the-wisp; but a castle—its noble solidity would endure. Under the Rose Now shall we shortly see you thrown, or run away with, or led by some will-o'-the-wisp into a bottomless slough. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 61, No. 379, May, 1847 Ropes had to light the lamps before we saw more of Manzanares than an illusive church spire which kept appearing and disappearing like a will-o'-the-wisp. The Car of Destiny The difficulty of showing the fallacy of Mr. Darwin's position, is the difficulty of grasping a will-o'-the-wisp. Evolution, Old & New Or, the Theories of Buffon, Dr. Erasmus Darwin and Lamarck, as compared with that of Charles Darwin People accustomed to the comparative luxury of the older camps had suffered a good deal from the lack of all domestic conveniences in this new will-o'-the-wisp of an eldorado. Ten Thousand Miles with a Dog Sled A Narrative of Winter Travel in Interior Alaska Esther always seemed to Polly far too sober and almost too unselfish and self-effacing, while Polly to the quieter girl had all the brilliance and unreliability of a will-o'-the-wisp. The Camp Fire Girls in the Outside World The German has been pursuing a will-o'-the-wisp. The Blot on the Kaiser's 'Scutcheon VII The gallery, pitch-black and narrow, was dotted with moving lights which wandered here and there, each a restless will-o'-the-wisp. Nicanor - Teller of Tales A Story of Roman Britain "A will-o'-the-wisp," murmured the old man; "may they never have a harder one to find!" Little Busybodies The Life of Crickets, Ants, Bees, Beetles, and Other Busybodies Why should I waste my abilities pursuing this will-o'-the-wisp "Enough," which is ever a little more than one has, and which none of the panting millions ever yet overtook in his mad chase? Architects of Fate or, Steps to Success and Power Material things can make for contentment, but ah! how uncertain is that will-o'-the-wisp happiness. High Noon A New Sequel to 'Three Weeks' by Elinor Glyn A lantern light bobbed on the outer edge of the rock, shining through Olivia's bower like a will-o'-the-wisp, and he could hear in low tones the voices of Doom and his servant. Doom Castle Perhaps Wallace had seen that will-o'-the-wisp light far up the side of the rocky steep on the preceding night, as well as Paul and Jack. The Banner Boy Scouts on a Tour, or, The Mystery of Rattlesnake Mountain After dinner, as they were returning to the parlor, Uncle Augustus said to his wife,— "Between us, Margery, I don't believe you'd dare invite that little will-o'-the-wisp here again without her mother." Prudy Keeping House They were always counting on American sympathy, and this was a will-o'-the-wisp that lured them to destruction. The War of Independence She was always laughing, singing, and dancing—now in at one door, and now out at the other, like a will-o'-the-wisp, or a jack-o'-lantern. Little Ferns For Fanny's Little Friends Search for it has thus far been as fruitless as pursuit of the will-o'-the-wisp. Unwritten Literature of Hawaii The Sacred Songs of the Hula There it was, dancing like a will-o'-the-wisp before my dazzled vision. My New Curate Yes," replied Reuben, "it is evidently a will-o'-the-wisp. Earth's Enigmas A Volume of Stories Every stray thought that comes along is a "will-o'-the-wisp" to lead us away from the subject in hand and into lines of thought not relating to it. The Mind and Its Education A "will-o'-the-wisp" which eludes us even when we grasp it. The Handy Cyclopedia of Things Worth Knowing A Manual of Ready Reference Peachy, who was ready to do anything wild, went dancing about like a will-o'-the-wisp. The Jolliest School of All The blue flame on the top that flits and flickers like a will-o'-the-wisp is gas, I suppose—I wonder how they extract it. Here are Ladies La V�rendrye's men began to doubt the wisdom of chasing a will-o'-the-wisp to an unknown Western Sea. Canada: the Empire of the North Being the Romantic Story of the New Dominion's Growth from Colony to Kingdom On we tramped again, following that will-o'-the-wisp of a hand-sled track into the thick spruce forest. A Busy Year at the Old Squire's Back and forth, up and down, here and there, like following some will-o'-the-wisp went the boys. Frank and Andy Afloat The Cave on the Island Always, far before him in the distance which must some day be gained, gleamed the will-o'-the-wisp lamp of success. The Way of Ambition But such a thing as permanent employment became a veritable will-o'-the-wisp. The Fifth Wheel A Novel And away went the Sylph dancing from spot to spot like the will-o'-the-wisp of her native bog. Disturbed Ireland Being the Letters Written During the Winter of 1880-81. She danced through the rooms like a will-o'-the-wisp, hardly willing to sit at the table long enough to eat anything at all. A Sweet Little Maid A baleful gleam, that brighter and ever brighter shone, Like a flickering, trembling will-o'-the-wisp to a steady beacon grown. Poems Teachers Ask For Selected by readers of "Normal Instructor-Primary Plans" Goodness was her guide, and she could cling to it if the enchanting will-o'-the-wisp did not float into sight to beckon and bewilder her. Franklin Kane There was the dairyman's wife, who had waited seven years to have a child, holding a little will-o'-the-wisp of a thing in her arms. The Field of Clover It was no will-o'-the-wisp on the water, appearing a moment, then gone, foully cheating his hopes. The Sun Of Quebec A Story of a Great Crisis He began to follow the will-o'-the-wisp, the light that rises from putrescence and decay in the swamp, and forgot the eternal stars in God's sky. The Battle of Principles A Study of the Heroism and Eloquence of the Anti-Slavery Conflict But Love never came,—only a spurious will-o'-the-wisp imitation of Love. The Treasure of Heaven A Romance of Riches She had been weak and dazzled; she had followed the will-o'-the-wisp—and see, see the bog where it had led her. Franklin Kane Once or twice she saw inwardly the will-o'-the-wisp lights of her soul. Parrot & Co. But better, stronger men cannot hold the wavering will-o'-the-wisp they call 'love'; and once it flickers out, it cannot be relighted. A Crooked Path A Novel Only those whose occupation in life is the pursuit of pleasure can, like Dr. Syntax, go off in search of the picturesque, and wander about at their own sweet desire like a will-o'-the-wisp. The Argosy Vol. 51, No. 4, April, 1891 Modern biochemistry will not listen to the old notion of a vital force—that is only a metaphysical will-o'-the-wisp that leaves us floundering in the quagmire. The Breath of Life So will-o'-the-wisp deludes her till dawn, and she turns home In unperturbed assurance, "To-morrow he will come." Ballads of Lost Haven A Book of the Sea This was the sea—the Western Sea, that for three hundred years had baffled all search overland, and led the world's greatest explorers on a chase of a will-o'-the-wisp. Pathfinders of the West Being the Thrilling Story of the Adventures of the Men Who Discovered the Great Northwest: Radisson, La Vérendrye, Lewis and Clark I do not mean to say that daily and hourly, when about his common avocations, his new inspiration did not seem a mere will-o'-the-wisp of the mind. The Zeit-Geist My dungeon is lighted by the will-o'-the-wisp alone: no breath of spring cheers the murky solitude in which I dwell. China and the Chinese Lloyd's was all dark except for one brilliant spark of light, which seemed to be threading the building like a will-o'-the-wisp. The Portion of Labor It was, as Seth had prophesied, like seeking after a will-o'-the-wisp; yet surely she must be in the flesh somewhere. When Wilderness Was King A Tale of the Illinois Country In return, Radisson had what had misled him like a will-o'-the-wisp all his life—vague promises. Pathfinders of the West Being the Thrilling Story of the Adventures of the Men Who Discovered the Great Northwest: Radisson, La Vérendrye, Lewis and Clark Now moonlight is a very bewildering thing—and thoughts do sometimes play the very will-o'-the-wisp with one. Wych Hazel A light from a lamp which was being carried by some one, flitted like a will-o'-the-wisp over the yard, and the parlor windows became dark. By the Light of the Soul A Novel So she worked hard all night, and her candle lit up first one window, then another, moving all over the house like a will-o'-the-wisp. Pembroke A Novel The flare and sough of the furnace at the iron-works came and went with regular intermittency; and just beyond the group of Chiawassee stacks a tiny orange spot appeared and disappeared like a will-o'-the-wisp. The Quickening Again my thoughts travelled after Miss Paget, as if she had been a fat, red will-o'-the-wisp. The Motor Maid He was the joy of the house, and though of a most loveable disposition, he was like a will-o'-the-wisp, full of fun and life. Rod of the Lone Patrol From the heavy white salt there is continually rising a faint fire-mist like the will-o'-the-wisp over a swamp. Creative Chemistry Descriptive of Recent Achievements in the Chemical Industries We passed away from the town and the sea and found ourselves in the country—the station seemed to escape us like a will-o'-the-wisp. The Argosy Vol. 51, No. 1, January, 1891 The will-o'-the-wisp torches had stopped dancing forward now, but still they remained there, quite inexplicable in their fixity. Indiscreet Letters From Peking Being the Notes of an Eye-Witness, Which Set Forth in Some Detail, from Day to Day, the Real Story of the Siege and Sack of a Distressed Capital in 1900—The Year of Great Tribulation She was like a mocking spirit, a will-o'-the-wisp, luring him, luring him—whither? The Safety Curtain, and Other Stories Well, I have no obedient Ariel to play will-o'-the-wisp with such gentry; yet I would have led them a very pretty dance. Poison Island For a quarter of a century, he chased this will-o'-the-wisp, only to be led by it into a bog and left to perish there. American Men of Action There played around him now a little phantom joy that hovered over like a will-o'-the-wisp above his heart, and danced, giving him a strange, inexplicable exhilaration. The Witness It was a will-o'-the-wisp—a phosphorescent exhalation. Memoirs of Arthur Hamilton, B. A. Of Trinity College, Cambridge Extracted From His Letters And Diaries, With Reminiscences Of His Conversation By His Friend Christopher Carr Of The Same College His will-o'-the-wisp might beckon, but she would never allow herself to be caught. The Safety Curtain, and Other Stories The solitary lights of a cab crawling almost at a foot pace along the lonely road shone like a will-o'-the-wisp through the snow. The Odds And Other Stories I would have pledged ten thousand lives, if I had had them, on the honesty of those eyes, that had led me like a will-o'-the-wisp in the ball-room half a year ago! Miscellanea He stood it up on his desk and studied the spirited will-o'-the-wisp face! The Witness This hope doubtless floated before their eyes like a will-o'-the-wisp until the October elections dispelled all possibility of securing Pennsylvania for Breckinridge. A Short Life of Abraham Lincoln Condensed from Nicolay & Hay's Abraham Lincoln: A History She nodded again, and an odd, will-o'-the-wisp smile flitted over her face. The Safety Curtain, and Other Stories In such a moment was it that the voice of darkness gained his ear, and, like a will-o'-the-wisp, lured him to calamity. Idolatry A Romance The lawsuit which he instituted, though it promised well at first, proved a will-o'-the-wisp, which lured him into the bog of absolute penury. Roman Mosaics Or, Studies in Rome and Its Neighbourhood It disappeared, then started forth again a second and a third time—the will-o'-the-wisp had begun its unearthly, spectral dance. The Northern Light I will make her a hat of touchwood," said the old dwarf, "so that even if she is seen it will look like a will-o'-the-wisp bobbing up and down. The Brownies and Other Tales So, adieu! gentleman of the court, and follow to the bitter end this will-o'-the-wisp! The Original Fables of La Fontaine Rendered into English Prose by Fredk. Colin Tilney The door again opened, and Gagniere glided in softly, like a will-o'-the-wisp. His Masterpiece James peered ahead into the darkness through which the lantern moved like a will-o'-the-wisp. 'Doc.' Gordon He laughed unrestrainedly at his own will-o'-the-wisp philosophy, looking very handsome and care-free there where the noon sun slanted across the white arcade all thick with golden jasmine bloom. The Firing Line How lovely the moonlight is!" he murmured; "but, dear me! there is a will-o'-the-wisp yonder. The Brownies and Other Tales It wavers like a will-o'-the-wisp, but it does not recede; the old Umpire still clings bravely to her chain-cables. Macleod of Dare She watched him as he disappeared into the wood, and after that, like a flitting will-o'-the-wisp, watched his flashlight moving about amongst the trees. The Miracle Man Here of late he was like some sinister will-o'-the-wisp. The Desert Valley He mentions, as instances of popular beliefs that have poetic capabilities, the kelpie, the will-o'-the-wisp, and second sight. A History of English Romanticism in the Eighteenth Century There they go down the street, pell-mell, bewildered, blinded, some of them by will-o'-the-wisp lights, ditched and mired many of them. Quiet Talks on John's Gospel He had the sense of Jenny as all movement, as flashing and drawing him into quagmires of sensation, like a will-o'-the-wisp. Nocturne Take that very interesting matter, that will-o'-the-wisp, known as "the cost of production." The New Freedom A Call For the Emancipation of the Generous Energies of a People The Greeks had seen something too substantial on the part of Russia and England to follow this Gallic will-o'-the-wisp. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine — Volume 54, No. 335, September 1843 Sometimes they discover that they have been following a mere will-o'-the-wisp, that leads them into bog and quagmire whence no escape is possible. Vanishing England To her it was night-time there, and where the ground seemed fair and the light to play, she thought of the marsh and the will-o'-the-wisp. Lewis Rand He himself had no time to give to mysterious problems and will-o'-the-wisp pursuits; his book and posterity claimed it all. Queed As he spoke he looked into the hollow eyes of Cuckoo, seeming, strangely, to seek in them the will-o'-the-wisp of which he spoke. Flames The last moment's halt had enabled him to escape, to fade from view like a will-o'-the-wisp. Half A Chance "I'd welcome any sort of stir and danger, in preference to this chasing a will-o'-the-wisp." With Links of Steel The will-o'-the-wisp, which had been hiding his light, suddenly swung it full in the eyes of Sandy. Sandy You have put life behind you; yet what is life but a will-o'-the-wisp? Max George saw the dancing lanthorn go up the slope in front of him like a will-o'-the-wisp—stop, and swing steady, heard the loud cry of jubilation that issued from the withered throat. At a Winter's Fire His intention was to go straight down by the way he had come and leave her to play her will-o'-the-wisp game in solitude. Charles Rex "There is a will-o'-the-wisp upon the marsh yonder." Sir Mortimer So this impetuous knight errant enlisted under the will-o'-the-wisp love, and started joyously forth upon his quest. Sandy Warm wind was in their faces, sweet, reverberant voices of the wood-things came chorusing, and ahead there in the dimness, that misty will-o'-the-wisp was her veil, Olivia's veil. Romance Island The spirit of wonder, like a will-o'-the-wisp, leads on through a fairy tale, enticing the child who follows, knowing that something will happen, and wondering what. A Study of Fairy Tales It wavers like a will-o'-the-wisp, but it does not recede; the old Umpire still clings bravely to her chain cables. Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern — Volume 5 Color of blood changed to color of gold, gleamed and glistened the sea, sparkled the fire-flies, shone the deep stars; over the marsh flared the will-o'-the-wisp like a torch lit to bad ends. Sir Mortimer "Daphne, you will-o'-the-wisp, you witch, how dare you?" Greatheart One hears the kick-kick-kick of the motor, and a star has become a will-o'-the-wisp. The Pleasures of Ignorance The first duty of the scientist was to banish these will-o'-the-wisp ideas that lead to no practical results. The Dollar Hen In the pursuit of his philosophic will-o'-the-wisp, Balthazar Claës loses his fortune and sacrifices his noble wife and children. Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern — Volume 3 "Well," remarked Mr. Muir, sotto voce, "if I were a young fellow, there's a trail I'd follow, and not that will-o'-the-wisp yonder." A Young Girl's Wooing Farther in the wood, she turned, unconsciously in pursuit of that will-o'-the-wisp of sound. A Spinner in the Sun Sometimes, lured by the will-o'-the-wisp of some fancied opportunity to make a million, he gave up his work. Analyzing Character The little man in scarlet was the will-o'-the-wisp of a dream. The Man Who Laughs And the assailant, swerving like a will-o'-the-wisp, darted to the side of the animal and leaped upon its back. The Night Horseman She half expected to see something hover before her, a will-o'-the-wisp, alluring her over the rocky valleys and towering mountains until death gave her weary feet rest. The Doomswoman An Historical Romance of Old California If the youth was previously in the dark, he will now be led astray by a will-o'-the-wisp: and with a girl this is still more frequently the case. Essays of Schopenhauer This Olive-backed Thrush you may hear more often than see—he is a will-o'-the-wisp for shyness, whether on his journeys or about home. Citizen Bird Scenes from Bird-Life in Plain English for Beginners The echo of the laugh that he had heard in his dream still sounded in his ears, a tantalizing, compelling note, elusive as the Pipes of Pan, luring as a will-o'-the-wisp. The Camp Fire Girls Do Their Bit Or, over the Top with the Winnebagos "Even the most earnest investigation of the kind resolves itself always, after a while, into a kind of will-o'-the-wisp that leads no-whither." From out the Vasty Deep The only trouble with the horizon, as with to-morrow and the will-o'-the-wisp, is that it is always just ahead. The Love Affairs of Great Musicians, Volume 2 A pacific agreement with England is, after all, a will-o'-the-wisp which no serious German statesman would trouble to follow. Germany and the Next War I thought it was only wasting a candle to chase a will-o'-the-wisp. Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland, Volume XXII How had he ever dared bring such a will-o'-the-wisp away from home? Little Folks Astray A third and better thought, however, immediately followed—that bound as he was he would have little chance to reach this elusive will-o'-the-wisp. Alcatraz The first decade was merely a prolongation of the vain search for freedom, the boon that seemed ever barely to elude their grasp,—like a tantalizing will-o'-the-wisp, maddening and misleading the headless host. The Souls of Black Folk The man was a jack-o'-lantern, a will-o'-the-wisp, a weird, long-legged, long-armed, red-haired illusive phantom. The Redheaded Outfield But it was like chasing a will-o'-the-wisp. The Lost Prince At other times that elusive something on the high-bred face of his model was a veritable will-o'-the-wisp, refusing to be caught and held, even in his eye. Miss Billy's Decision So his speech was permeated with a will-o'-the-wisp, a tingling richness that evaded definition. Fanny Herself Transcendentalism is a beacon to the angels, even if it be a will-o'-the-wisp to man. Dracula The first decade was merely a prolongation of the vain search for freedom, the boom that seemed ever barely to elude their grasp,—like a tantalizing will-o'-the-wisp, maddening and misleading the headless host. Martin Luther King, Jr. Day, 1995, Memorial Issue The will-o'-the-wisp glow which played around the fungi rendered the vista of the cellars faintly luminous, and visible to me from where I lay. The Insidious Dr. Fu Manchu That will-o'-the-wisp which leads so many astray had not yet entered into her life. Wild Kitty Don't look that way, Anna,--please don't!--for your footsteps have an ugly way of following some will-o'-the-wisp that goes out of your eyes. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 10, No. 58, August, 1862 And Anthony, nervous as a will-o'-the-wisp, restless—he is at rest now. The Beautiful and Damned Yes, his fancy for Eugenia was the shadow, a will-o'-the-wisp; Hyacinth was the reality—a very lovely and loving reality. Love's Shadow Was he, then, running away from Calendar and his daughter to chase a will-o'-the-wisp of his credulous fancy, off Sheerness shore? The Black Bag His conversation is a series of electric sparks; brilliant as an ignis fatuus, and bewildering as a will-o'-the-wisp. Life in Mexico Had not Stephen been influenced by a desire to do good, and possibly by another feeling too embryonic for detection, he would never have dreamed of making an errand boy of a will-o'-the-wisp. Stephen Archer and Other Tales He knew he must go a-hunting from that moment in which the light began to play will-o'-the-wisp; for action was his meat and dominion what he breathed. The Forest Lovers This continued for some time, the girl coming and going like a will-o'-the-wisp. L'Assommoir It glimmered like a will-o'-the-wisp, now here, now there. Men in War For not only is happiness a mockery, but knowledge is a will-o'-the-wisp. The Sceptics of the Old Testament: Job - Koheleth - Agur Unless the painter is especially endowed with the instinct of anatomies, the sentiment of proportion, and a passion for form, the nude is a will-o'-the-wisp, whose way leads where he may not follow. Modern Painting Germany, so long neglected by its rightful rulers, who pursued the will-o'-the-wisp in Italy, broke up into a mass of duchies, counties, archbishoprics, and free cities. Early European History But there is no subject which more requires discriminating knowledge, or where your illustrating principle, if you are not deeply founded, may not chance to turn out a will-o'-the-wisp. Endymion Melody was sure it was you, and she ran off like a will-o'-the-wisp, when I could not hear a sound. Melody : the Story of a Child When darkness fell the glow-worms shone once more, the will-o'-the-wisp danced, and the owls hooted. A Boy's Ride After some two years of a wandering, will-o'-the-wisp life, Shelley and his wife were estranged and separated. Outlines of English and American Literature : an Introduction to the Chief Writers of England and America, to the Books They Wrote, and to the Times in Which They Lived He did not get any nearer to it; it was retreating before him, like a will-o'-the-wisp. Archibald Malmaison Like a will-o'-the-wisp, it for ever eludes them. Within You is the Power Four mortal waterless hours I toiled steeply upward, more than twenty times sure I had reached the summit, only to see the trail, like some will-o'-the-wisp, draw on ahead unattainably in a new direction. Tramping Through Mexico, Guatemala and Honduras — Being the Random Notes of an Incurable Vagabond Thou wert no doubt so drunk that a will-o'-the-wisp in that boggy place did seem to thee even as a flaming fire. A Boy's Ride No will-o'-the-wisp, but a presence of wisdom and calm. Growth of the Soil While Carl Maria von Weber was still a babe, Franz Anton started once more after the will-o'-the-wisp of theatrical fame, with his "Weber's Company of Comedians." The Love Affairs of Great Musicians, Volume 1 Perhaps mere weight of rushing would beat the dancing will-o'-the-wisp to the floor. The Untamed If, before this, the youth had no light at all to guide him, he is now misled by a will-o'-the-wisp; still more often is this the case with a girl. The Essays of Arthur Schopenhauer; Studies in Pessimism For a long, long time he watched it, trying to recall something which eluded him, chasing a will-o'-the-wisp memory round and round the fevered labyrinths of his brain. The Bars of Iron Shall we think of this wish as right, or wrong; as a true star, or a will-o'-the-wisp? Joy & Power She had felt the will-o'-the-wisp flame which burned in him in his great moments. Gunman's Reckoning After all, I reflected, the worst bedlamite must have food and shelter, and, unless the gleam had been a will-o'-the-wisp, I foresaw a fire. Salute to Adventurers He was, however, sincere in his devotion to the will-o'-the-wisp that he conceived to be the truth, and he was courageous enough to admit that he never satisfied himself. Hawthorne and His Circle But the faster he followed the faster she ran, until it needed little imagination to conceive her a will-o'-the-wisp and himself a crazy man. The Winds of the World But no, it was only the light of the will-o'-the-wisp. Story Hour Readers — Book Three It was certainly discouraging, and I could not help thinking of the will-o'-the-wisp, and wondering if the phenomenon was ever seen in the Arctic. Schwatka's Search There could not have been a better abode, he reflected, for this mysterious personage who had called him hither on this fantastic, will-o'-the-wisp journey. The Law of the Land In his Yesterdays, the goodness and wisdom of his father was not a will-o'-the-wisp but, to the boy, a steady guiding light. Their Yesterdays "To-night is another affair," and he jumped into his wagon and rattled away in the darkness, his lantern looking like a "will-o'-the-wisp" that might vanish altogether. What Can She Do? Far ahead she could see twinkling, will-o'-the-wisp lights, the first signs of thickly populated districts. The Hollow of Her Hand He believed that some day he would make a big "killing"; the thought of that was ever before him, beckoning him on like the dancing will-o'-the-wisp. Viola Gwyn Hitherto all had gone well with them, in their merry will-o'-the-wisp game with Irma's jealous unknown guardians, with his concealed enemies. The Midnight Passenger : a novel I am an official will-o'-the-wisp, just now, but my blushing honors are strictly civil, and, by the way, in expectancy. A Fascinating Traitor An Anglo-Indian Story It's all up in the air, thanks to you and your will-o'-the-wisp rascals. Green Fancy A hundred yards to the left a light bobbed about, reminding them of childhood's will-o'-the-wisp. The Flyers "My will-o'-the-wisp," he muttered recklessly, "leading where I shall follow—into the swamps!" The Great Impersonation I intended you to lead him a will-o'-the-wisp dance out on Long Island. The Midnight Passenger : a novel The lady Neforis said it was all a mere will-o'-the-wisp, and my lord agreed with her. The Bride of the Nile — Complete He bobbed back and forth for a moment or two like a will-o'-the-wisp. Driven Back to Eden And at last he had heeded, laid down the staid, the sane, and followed the will-o'-the-wisp of conquest and adventure that took the current by his door. The Maid of the Whispering Hills His first emotion was one of repugnance,—of rejection, . . what did he need of this will-o'-the-wisp called Fame, dancing again across his path,—this transitory torch of world-approval! Ardath I had heard somewhere that there is a phosphorescence appearing during decay of organic substances which once gave rise to the ancient superstition of "corpse lights" and the will-o'-the-wisp. The Dream Doctor Another smoke to the North-East; again we steer for it, as if following a will-o'-the-wisp. Spinifex and Sand With that will-o'-the-wisp she had no sympathy. Kennedy Square She loved to lead him in a long, wild-goose chase across the island, dipping almost within reach one moment, losing herself at the zenith in another, alighting here and there with a will-o'-the-wisp capriciousness. Angel Island Before him no longer gleamed the will-o'-the-wisp leading him a fantastic dance through life. The Fortunate Youth The search for a north-west passage, that will-o'-the-wisp of three centuries, had already begun. The Dawn of Canadian History : A Chronicle of Aboriginal Canada The figure of Violet Vere now and then danced before her like a mocking will-o'-the-wisp—but her pride forbade her to mention this,—the actual source of all her vague troubles. Thelma Just see how pale he looks, and how the sweet smile with which he formerly used to come to us is to-day very faintly playing round his lips like a little will-o'-the-wisp! Napoleon and Blucher Flitting hither and yon, hovering one moment at the water's edge and another at Junior's side, moving with a capricious will-o'-the-wisp motion that dominated the whole picture, flew Angela. Angel Island Like a will-o'-the-wisp, he was ever in sight, yet just beyond reach. The Sheridan Road Mystery He loved a will-o'-the-wisp; he had married a butterfly. Who Cares? a story of adolescence It is a grim thing to a woman, however fortunately placed, to realize that age is creeping on, and that love, that singing will-o'-the-wisp, is fading into the ultimate dark. The Titan Her glance was glaring and uncertain, like a will-o'-the-wisp, and filled those upon whom it fell with a shivering, mysterious feeling of dread. Frederick the Great and His Family Some witchcraft has been at work during my absence, and this will-o'-the-wisp is so amiable, quiet, and obedient, I don't know him.' Jo's Boys She had imagined that Stephen would be his large-minded, great-hearted, magnanimous self, and beg her to forget this fascinating will-o'-the-wisp by resting in his deeper, serener love. Homespun Tales Now his blade was a fleeing will-o'-the-wisp, keeping just out of reach of Edmund's brand with apparently no thought but of flight. The Ward of King Canute; a romance of the Danish conquest "We might chance to be led by a will-o'-the-wisp to a watery grave." Windsor Castle The will-o'-the-wisp Socialism of the moment, with its many attendant "isms" and theories, received scant favour at his hands. The Devil's Paw There was a light moving like a will-o'-the-wisp far before him, yet below him as if coming out of the depths of the earth. A First Family of Tasajara She comes into history like a will-o'-the-wisp, one of the marsh lights that mean nothing but putrescence and decay, and then flickers out again with her false witness into the wastes of inanity. Jeanne D'Arc: her life and death Only for a moment at a time could his eyeballs, straining with agony, catch this will-o'-the-wisp, the boat's light. A Simpleton Stumbling and falling, now in pursuit of one will-o'-the-wisp, now of another, they scrambled forward. The Lost Road The unhappy are continually tantalized by similar delusions of succor near at hand; at least, the despair is very dark that has no such will-o'-the-wisp to glimmer in it. The Marble Faun - Volume 2 The Romance of Monte Beni If there ever was a will-o'-the-wisp on a square up mountain, that was one. In a Hollow of the Hills My dungeon," he wrote, "is lighted by the will-o'-the-wisp alone; no breath of spring cheers the murky solitude in which I dwell. The Civilization of China And he also knew, or believed, that first love is as often a will-o'-the-wisp as the star for which all young things take it. Martin Pippin in the Apple Orchard The constabulary had located the will-o'-the-wisp brigands behind a stockade built about an extinct volcano, and Lee and his troop and a mountain battery attempted to dislodge them. The Lost Road Alas! have I not been a mere will-o'-the-wisp, whose twinkling spark was fated to perish before it reached a flame? Letters of Two Brides He sent away his soup untasted, and he could not find heart to speak to the girl who had been the will-o'-the-wisp leading him into this evil plight. A Millionaire of Yesterday Brilliant society that shone in a mirage, yet locked its doors; love that eluded as a will-o'-the-wisp and died in the dark. The Financier, a novel That aunt," continued Cyrus Pym, his face darkening grandly—"that visionary aunt had been the dancing will-o'-the-wisp who had led many a high-souled maiden to her doom. Manalive Instead, he was at once ordered up-country, where at a one-troop post he administered the affairs of a somewhat hectic province, and under the guidance of the local constabulary chased will-o'-the-wisp brigands. The Lost Road Among the wild-mustard plants there appeared a moving luminosity, having an irregular, dancing motion, as of a will-o'-the-wisp singularly agitated. The Golden Fleece, a romance She ran like a will-o'-the-wisp, and did not listen to Blondet who called to her, "You are mistaken." Sons of the Soil The smile which gave life to her lips and cheeks, the liquid brightness of her eyes, were like the will-o'-the-wisp which leads travelers astray. Domestic Peace Oh! glory of the earth—what could it be but a will-o'-the-wisp pursued in the darkness of the night! The Scapegoat; a romance and a parable These spells of inspiration never burnt steadily, but flickered over the gigantic mass of the subject as capriciously as a will-o'-the-wisp, lighting now on this point, now on that. Night and Day And, along the winding alleys, I followed the skipping and dancing white frill, a sort of will-o'-the-wisp, that showed me the way among the trees. The Message |
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