Miller wrote: “To dream of consulting an oculist, denotes that you will be dissatisfied with your progress in life, and…” 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
Oculist · Heading 1422; source lines 16206–16211 · Text transcription
Original source (English)
To dream of consulting an oculist, denotes that you will be dissatisfied with your progress in life, and will use artificial means of advancement.
Katherine Taylor Craig
The Fabric of Dreams: Dream Lore and Dream Interpretation, Ancient and Modern · New York, E. P. Dutton & Company, 1918; original US edition
Oculist · Printed p. 238; NLM OCR lines 11126–11128 · OCR transcription
Original source (English)
A dream denoting some fault to repair, some evil or injury to confess (Gypsy),
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