Miller wrote: “To dream of being in a perilous situation, and death seems iminent,[sic] denotes that you will emerge from…” Compare 3 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
Danger · Heading 593; source lines 7135–7144 · Text transcription
Original source (English)
To dream of being in a perilous situation, and death seems iminent,[sic] denotes that you will emerge from obscurity into places of distinction and honor; but if you should not escape the impending danger, and suffer death or a wound, you will lose in business and be annoyed in your home, and by others. If you are in love, your prospects will grow discouraging.
Felix Fontaine
The Golden Wheel Dream-book and Fortune-teller · 1862
Danger · Heading 179; source line 1705 · Text transcription
Original source (English)
To dream of being in danger, shows success in life; to shun it, misfortune. (See Difficulty.)
Anonymous
The Interpretation of Dreams and Moles · United Kingdom, J. Marshall, 1805
Danger · Dreams interpreted, passage 37; source lines 217–218 · Text transcription
Original source heading: (no printed heading)
Original source (English)
To dream one is in danger of being killed, denotes deliverance from danger.
The 1805 text prints this passage without a heading; DreamFolia files it under “Danger” because that is the subject of its first clause.
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