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Gas Lamps

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IN SHORT

Miller wrote: “To see a gas lamp, denotes progress and pleasant surroundings.”

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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

Gas Lamps · Heading 860; source lines 9977–9983 · Text transcription

Original source (English)

To see a gas lamp, denotes progress and pleasant surroundings. To see one explode, or out of order other wise, foretells you are threatened with unseasonable distress.

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