Miller wrote: “To dream of a king, you are struggling with your might, and ambition is your master.” Compare 4 historical dream books.
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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
King · Heading 1120; source lines 12857–12871 · Text transcription
Original source (English)
To dream of a king, you are struggling with your might, and ambition is your master.
To dream that you are crowned king, you will rise above your comrades and co-workers.
If you are censured by a king, you will be reproved for a neglected duty.
For a young woman to be in the presence of a king, she will marry a man whom she will fear. To receive favors from a king, she will rise to exalted positions and be congenially wedded.
Felix Fontaine
The Golden Wheel Dream-book and Fortune-teller · 1862
King · Heading 398; source line 2802 · Text transcription
Original source (English)
To dream of a king denotes that the dreamer is ambitious and will be disappointed. If you dream you speak to a king it is a happy omen, and is a sign of riches and honor.
Astra Cielo
Fortunes and Dreams · New York, George Sully, 1917
King · Dream section, heading 237; source lines 4429–4431 · Text transcription
Original source (English)
To see a king denotes satisfaction in business.
Anonymous
Everybody’s Book of Luck · Whitman Publishing Company edition; date not stated in transcription
King · Dream section, heading 147; source lines 3889–3892 · Text transcription
Original source (English)
(Seeing oneself as a King) Warning to beware of flatterers and of self-conceit.
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