Miller wrote: “Bad, bad, will be the fate of the woman who dreams of being courted.” 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
Courtship · Heading 533; source lines 6606–6613 · Text transcription
Original source (English)
Bad, bad, will be the fate of the woman who dreams of being courted. She will often think that now he will propose, but often she will be disappointed. Disappointments will follow illusory hopes and fleeting pleasures. For a man to dream of courting, implies that he is not worthy of a companion.
Anonymous
The Interpretation of Dreams and Moles · United Kingdom, J. Marshall, 1805
Courtship · Dreams interpreted, passage 18; source lines 162–162 · Text transcription
Original source heading: (no printed heading)
Original source (English)
To dream of courting a beautiful woman, betokens crosses and vexation.
The 1805 text prints this passage without a heading; DreamFolia files it under “Courtship” because that is the subject of its first clause.
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