Miller wrote: “To dream of being entangled in the meshes of a net, or other like constructions, denotes that enemies will oppress you in time of seeming…”
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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
Meshes · Heading 1301; source lines 14975–14984 · Text transcription
Original source (English)
To dream of being entangled in the meshes of a net, or other like constructions, denotes that enemies will oppress you in time of seeming prosperity. To a young woman, this dream foretells that her environments will bring her into evil and consequent abandonment. If she succeeds in disengaging herself from the meshes, she will narrowly escape slander.
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