Fontaine wrote: “If you dream you see people grinning at you, it shows that you will do something of which you are ashamed: if you imagine that ladies are…”
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Felix Fontaine
The Golden Wheel Dream-book and Fortune-teller · 1862
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Original source (English)
If you dream you see people grinning at you, it shows that you will do something of which you are ashamed: if you imagine that ladies are grinning at you, you will probably have some adventure with one that will make you appear ridiculous.
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