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Gustavus Hindman Miller · Difficulty
Ten Thousand Dreams Interpreted; Or, What’s in a Dream · Gutenberg #926; bibliography identifies the 1901 original and subsequent reprints
Difficulty · Heading 625; source lines 7477–7487 · Text transcription
Original source (English)
This dream signifies temporary embarrassment for business men of all classes, including soldiers and writers. But to extricate yourself from difficulties, foretells your prosperity.
For a woman to dream of being in difficulties, denotes that she is threatened with ill health or enemies. For lovers, this is a dream of contrariety, denoting pleasant courtship.
Felix Fontaine
The Golden Wheel Dream-book and Fortune-teller · 1862
Difficulty · Heading 191; source line 1757 · Text transcription
Original source (English)
If you imagine in your dream that you are in great difficulty, or in personal danger of any kind, it is a favorable sign, as such dreams always go by contrary.
Gustavus Hindman Miller · Embarrassment
Ten Thousand Dreams Interpreted; Or, What’s in a Dream · Gutenberg #926; bibliography identifies the 1901 original and subsequent reprints
Embarrassment · Heading 705; source lines 8414–8419 · Text transcription
Original source (English)
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