Miller wrote: “To look through a magnifying-glass in your dreams, means failure to accomplish your work in a satisfactory manner.”
The historical account
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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
Magnifying-glass · Heading 1246; source lines 14499–14506 · Text transcription
Original source (English)
To look through a magnifying-glass in your dreams, means failure to accomplish your work in a satisfactory manner. For a woman to think she owns one, foretells she will encourage the attention of persons who will ignore her later.
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