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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
Fall · Heading 752; source lines 8856–8863 · Text transcription
Original source (English)
To dream that you sustain a fall, and are much frightened, denotes that you will undergo some great struggle, but will eventually rise to honor and wealth; but if you are injured in the fall, you will encounter hardships and loss of friends.
Felix Fontaine
The Golden Wheel Dream-book and Fortune-teller · 1862
Fall · Heading 238; source line 1987 · Text transcription
Original source (English)
To dream you are falling from an eminence, shows you will have some dignity conferred upon you, or else will marry above your sphere. If a young girl dreams this, it is a sign she will marry a rich husband.
A. H. Noe
The Witches' Dream Book; and Fortune Teller · New York, Henry J. Wehman, 1885
Fall · Dream section, heading 168; source lines 737–740 · Text transcription
Original source (English)
To dream you fall from any high place, or from a tree, denotes loss of place and goods. If you are in love, it surely indicates that you will never marry the present object of your affections.
Anonymous
Guide to Fortune-Telling by Dreams · Multum in Parvo Library, Vol. I, No. 10, October 1894
Fall · Dream section, heading 24; source lines 238–244 · Text transcription
Original source (English)
To dream you fall from any very high place, or from a tree, denotes loss of place and goods; if you are in love, it surely indicates that you will never marry the present object of your affections; to the tradesman, it denotes a decline of business, and to the sailor, storms and shipwreck.
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