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Usage examples of "fatuus".
Scientists looked for the Ignis Fatuus, crooks looked for wealth, the Law sought criminals - and The Shadow stalked death in the Murder Marsh.
The ignis fatuus is one natural marvel that science has never explained to satisfaction.
Concerning the ignis fatuus itself, some hold that it is due to phosphureted hydrogen gas - a tenable theory.
There is no use persisting in my search for the ignis fatuus if the chilly weather forces me to stay indoors.
In all my observations of the ignis fatuus, that odor has been absent.
You said that a watchman had reported seeing the ignis fatuus in that section.
From the spot where the ignis fatuus still shone came a weird, triumphant laugh.
If a man defers doing till he knows how to do, when is the hunting the ignis fatuus of a perfect manner to end, and the actual work that he is to leave behind him to begin?
Spirit, 505 Which none see by but those that bear it: A light that falls down from on high, For spiritual trades to cozen by An Ignis Fatuus, that bewitches And leads men into pools and ditches, 510 To make them dip themselves, and sound For Christendom in dirty pond To dive like wild-fowl for salvation, And fish to catch regeneration.
I was turning to your statement that phosphureted hydrogen, PH3, might be the cause of the ignis fatuus.