Miller wrote: “To dream that you eat your dinner alone, denotes that you will often have cause to think seriously of the…” 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
Dinner · Heading 627; source lines 7498–7511 · Text transcription
Original source (English)
To dream that you eat your dinner alone, denotes that you will often have cause to think seriously of the necessaries of life.
For a young woman to dream of taking dinner with her lover, is indicative of a lovers' quarrel or a rupture, unless the affair is one of harmonious pleasure, when the reverse may be expected.
To be one of many invited guests at a dinner, denotes that you will enjoy the hospitalities of those who are able to extend to you many pleasant courtesies.
Felix Fontaine
The Golden Wheel Dream-book and Fortune-teller · 1862
Dinner · Heading 193; source line 1768 · Text transcription
Original source (English)
If you dream of sitting down to dinner with a large company, it is a sign you will either go a journey, or change the present location either of your dwelling or business.
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