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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
Gift · Heading 871; source lines 10091–10103 · Text transcription
Original source (English)
To dream that you receive gifts from any one, denotes that you will not be behind in your payments, and be unusually fortunate in speculations or love matters.
To send a gift, signifies displeasure will be shown you, and ill luck will surround your efforts.
For a young woman to dream that her lover sends her rich and beautiful gifts, denotes that she will make a wealthy and congenial marriage.
Felix Fontaine
The Golden Wheel Dream-book and Fortune-teller · 1862
Gift · Heading 292; source line 2260 · Text transcription
Original source (English)
(See Present.) To dream that a friend presents you with a valuable gift, predicts that you will lose something. If a girl dreams that her lover gives her a present, it is a sign that she will allow him the husband’s privilege before marriage.
A. H. Noe
The Witches' Dream Book; and Fortune Teller · New York, Henry J. Wehman, 1885
Gifts · Dream section, heading 216; source lines 920–925 · Text transcription
Original source (English)
To dream you have anything given you, is a sign that some good is about to happen to you. It also denotes that a speedy marriage will take place between you and your sweetheart. To dream you have given anything away, is the forerunner of adversity, and in love denotes sickness and inconstancy in your sweetheart or partner.
Astra Cielo
Fortunes and Dreams · New York, George Sully, 1917
Gift · Dream section, heading 191; source lines 4312–4314 · Text transcription
Original source (English)
To receive a present denotes danger.
Anonymous
Everybody’s Book of Luck · Whitman Publishing Company edition; date not stated in transcription
Gifts · Dream section, heading 102; source lines 3763–3765 · Text transcription
Original source (English)
(Receiving) Good fortune coming.
Anonymous
Guide to Fortune-Telling by Dreams · Multum in Parvo Library, Vol. I, No. 10, October 1894
Gifts · Dream section, heading 31; source lines 287–293 · Text transcription
Original source (English)
To dream you have anything given you is a sign that some good is about to happen to you; it also denotes that a speedy marriage will take place betwixt you and your sweetheart. To dream you have given anything away is the forerunner of adversity; and in love denotes sickness and inconstancy in your sweetheart or partner.
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