fumes of fancy

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This hope is no illusion; it does not come from fumes of fancy or the play of imagination.

From Expositions of Holy Scripture Second Corinthians, Galatians, and Philippians Chapters I to End. Colossians, Thessalonians, and First Timothy. by Maclaren, Alexander