Miller wrote: “Distrust debtors and confidants if you dream of sitting on one.” Compare 2 historical dream books.
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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
Bench · Heading 210; source lines 3569–3576 · Text transcription
Original source (English)
Distrust debtors and confidants if you dream of sitting on one.
If you see others doing so, happy reunions between friends who have been separated through misunderstandings are suggested.
Astra Cielo
Fortunes and Dreams · New York, George Sully, 1917
Bench · Dream section, heading 54; source lines 3989–3991 · Text transcription
Original source (English)
To sit on a bench, “Beware of a rival.”
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