phantom of the mind

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Therefore it is readily dismissed as a phantom of the mind, and the mind is all the more readily dismissed for its harbouring of such fears and delusions.

From The Guardian • Jun. 4, 2010

It surely was no optical delusion or a phantom of the mind that her shrouded arm was raised as though in blessing or farewell before the darkness swallowed her up.

From The Lady of the Shroud by Stoker, Bram

Oh, friendship! am I doomed to find Thou art a phantom of the mind?

From Beaux and Belles of England Mrs. Mary Robinson, Written by Herself, With the lives of the Duchesses of Gordon and Devonshire by Robinson, Mary