Miller wrote: “For a lover, this is sometimes of contrary significance.” 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
Failure · Heading 745; source lines 8801–8818 · Text transcription
Original source (English)
For a lover, this is sometimes of contrary significance. To dream that he fails in his suit, signifies that he only needs more masterfulness and energy in his daring, as he has already the love and esteem of his sweetheart.
(Contrary dreams are those in which the dreamer suffers fear, and not injury.)
For a young woman to dream that her life is going to be a failure, denotes that she is not applying her opportunities to good advantage.
For a business man to dream that he has made a failure, forebodes loss and bad management, which should be corrected, or failure threatens to materialize in earnest.
Astra Cielo
Fortunes and Dreams · New York, George Sully, 1917
Failure · Dream section, heading 160; source lines 4237–4240 · Text transcription
Original source (English)
To dream of failure in business or in love means that you will soon be successful.
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