Miller wrote: “For a young woman to dream of an alms-house, denotes she will meet failure in her efforts to contract a worldly marriage.”
The historical account
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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
Alms-house · Heading 72; source lines 2347–2352 · Text transcription
Original source (English)
For a young woman to dream of an alms-house, denotes she will meet failure in her efforts to contract a worldly marriage.
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