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Envy

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IN SHORT

Miller wrote: “To dream that you entertain envy for others, denotes that you will make warm friends by your unselfish deference to the wishes of others.”

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SOURCE ACCOUNT

Gustavus Hindman Miller

Ten Thousand Dreams Interpreted; Or, What’s in a Dream · Gutenberg #926; bibliography identifies the 1901 original and subsequent reprints

Envy · Heading 723; source lines 8569–8577 · Text transcription

Original source (English)

To dream that you entertain envy for others, denotes that you will make warm friends by your unselfish deference to the wishes of others.

If you dream of being envied by others, it denotes that you will suffer some inconvenience from friends overanxious to please you.

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