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  • He only knows by teaching and inquiry, Arthur; and so you also by teaching and inquiry will learn to know that this Will-o'-the-Wisp is made to shine for us in swamps and marshes as a land-beacon of danger.

    Parables From Nature 1857

  • I particularly loved Colgate's tiny "Wisp" toothbrush, with its bead of embedded toothpaste.

    Fast Company 2010

  • I particularly loved Colgate's tiny "Wisp" toothbrush, with its bead of embedded toothpaste.

    Fast Company 2010

  • I particularly loved Colgate's tiny "Wisp" toothbrush, with its bead of embedded toothpaste.

    Fast Company 2010

  • At the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, student brand ambassadors promoted the Colgate Wisp a miniature disposable toothbrush through a variety of initiatives.

    Christie Garton: Shillin' on Campus Christie Garton 2010

  • The Flying Squirrel Canopy Tour at the Wisp Resort in McHenry is a zip line that carries riders over treetops up to 50 feet above the ground.

    Md. ski resort gets zip line 2010

  • After Lincoln Kirstein and Balanchine founded the New York City Ballet, productions with three choreographers followed: "The Witch" (1950; John Cranko), "Bayou" (1952; Balanchine) and "Will o 'the Wisp" (1953; Ruthanna Boris).

    Fantastical Images of Dance 2010

  • At the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, student brand ambassadors promoted the Colgate Wisp a miniature disposable toothbrush through a variety of initiatives.

    Christie Garton: Shillin' on Campus Christie Garton 2010

  • The album, comprising mostly of Evans compositions (plus Manuel de Falla's "Will O 'The Wisp" and Joaquín Rodrigo's "Concierto de Aranjuez," the album's magnum opus), also spotlighted the talents of musicians Paul Chambers, Jimmy Cobb, Elvin Jones, and some of the top studio players of the time.

    Mike Ragogna: Thank God It's Thursday: Miles Davis, The Dave Brubeck Quartet, Charles Mingus, Tito Puente and Babatunde Olatunji 2009

  • In the past, you blamed the Will-o'-the-Wisp trying to lure you to your death in the bog.

    Just what is fantasy? Glenda Larke 2009

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