Miller wrote: “To see a chair in your dream, denotes failure to meet some obligation.” Compare 3 historical dream books.
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These are the authors’ historical interpretations. Their forecasts and period judgments are preserved as source material, not as predictions or established meanings for your dream.
Gustavus Hindman Miller
Ten Thousand Dreams Interpreted; Or, What’s in a Dream · Gutenberg #926; bibliography identifies the 1901 original and subsequent reprints
Chair · Heading 378; source lines 5239–5247 · Text transcription
Original source (English)
To see a chair in your dream, denotes failure to meet some obligation. If you are not careful you will also vacate your most profitable places.
To see a friend sitting on a chair and remaining motionless, signifies news of his death or illness.
Felix Fontaine
The Golden Wheel Dream-book and Fortune-teller · 1862
Chair · Heading 131; source line 1517 · Text transcription
Original source (English)
To dream you are sitting on a chair, is a sign you will soon have an increase in your family; if a maiden has this dream it is a sign she soon will be married. To dream you are sitting in a rocking chair, denotes you will very soon better your condition.
Anonymous
Everybody’s Book of Luck · Whitman Publishing Company edition; date not stated in transcription
Chair · Dream section, heading 37; source lines 3602–3604 · Text transcription
Original source (English)
An increase in the family.
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