elude vs lead on a merry chase

elude

verb
  • To escape being understandable to; to be incomprehensible to. 

  • To escape someone's memory, to slip someone's mind. 

  • To evade or escape from (someone or something), especially by using cunning or skill. 

  • To shake off (a pursuer); to give someone the slip. 

lead on a merry chase

How often have the words elude and lead on a merry chase occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )