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Obligation

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IN SHORT

Miller wrote: “To dream of obligating yourself in any incident, denotes that you will be fretted and worried by the thoughtless complaints of others.”

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SOURCE ACCOUNT

Gustavus Hindman Miller

Ten Thousand Dreams Interpreted; Or, What’s in a Dream · Gutenberg #926; bibliography identifies the 1901 original and subsequent reprints

Obligation · Heading 1417; source lines 16157–16165 · Text transcription

Original source (English)

To dream of obligating yourself in any incident, denotes that you will be fretted and worried by the thoughtless complaints of others.

If others obligate themselves to you, it portends that you will win the regard of acquaintances and friends.

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