Miller wrote: “To dream of climbing to a garret, denotes your inclination to run after theories while leaving the cold realities of life to others less…”
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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
Garret · Heading 857; source lines 9938–9947 · Text transcription
Original source (English)
To dream of climbing to a garret, denotes your inclination to run after theories while leaving the cold realities of life to others less able to bear them than yourself. To the poor, this dream is an omen of easier circumstances. To a woman, it denotes that her vanity and sefishness[sic] should be curbed.
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