See ignis fatuus in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
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"text": "Henrietta’s career, however, was not so successful as might have been wished even in the interest of her private felicity; that view of the inner life of Great Britain which she was so eager to take appeared to dance before her like an ignis fatuus.",
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