Miller wrote: “To dream that you have aches, denotes that you are halting too much in your business, and that some other person is profiting by your ideas.”
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Gustavus Hindman Miller
Ten Thousand Dreams Interpreted; Or, What’s in a Dream · Gutenberg #926; bibliography identifies the 1901 original and subsequent reprints
Aches · Heading 25; source lines 1846–1861 · Text transcription
Original source (English)
To dream that you have aches, denotes that you are halting too much in your business, and that some other person is profiting by your ideas.
For a young woman to dream that she has the heartache, foretells that she will be in sore distress over the laggardly way her lover prosecutes his suit. If it is the backache, she will encounter illness through careless exposure. If she has the headache, there will be much disquietude of mind for the risk she has taken to rid herself of rivalry. This dream is usually due to physical causes and is of little significance.
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