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Miller wrote: “To dream of attending an opera, denotes that you will be entertained by congenial friends, and find that…” Compare 3 historical dream books.

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These are the authors’ historical interpretations. Their forecasts and period judgments are preserved as source material, not as predictions or established meanings for your dream.

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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

Opera · Heading 1438; source lines 16344–16349 · Text transcription

Original source (English)

To dream of attending an opera, denotes that you will be entertained by congenial friends, and find that your immediate affairs will be favorable.

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Felix Fontaine

The Golden Wheel Dream-book and Fortune-teller · 1862

Opera · Heading 528; source line 3476 · Text transcription

Original source (English)

To dream of going to the opera is a sign you will travel: if you hear a new singer that delights you, it foretells that you will make a new acquaintance on some journey: if an engaged young lady dreams of the opera, her wedding journey is thus shadowed forth.

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Astra Cielo

Fortunes and Dreams · New York, George Sully, 1917

Opera · Dream section, heading 295; source lines 4570–4572 · Text transcription

Original source (English)

To dream of being at the opera denotes temporary pleasure.

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