Miller wrote: “To dream that you feel melancholy over any event, is a sign of disappointment in what was thought to be…” Compare 2 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
Melancholy · Heading 1292; source lines 14911–14919 · Text transcription
Original source (English)
To dream that you feel melancholy over any event, is a sign of disappointment in what was thought to be favorable undertakings.
To dream that you see others melancholy, denotes unpleasant interruption in affairs. To lovers, it brings separation.
Anonymous
Everybody’s Book of Luck · Whitman Publishing Company edition; date not stated in transcription
Melancholy · Dream section, heading 170; source lines 3947–3949 · Text transcription
Original source (English)
A presage of mirth and happiness.
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