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Pebbles

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Miller wrote: “For a young woman to dream of a pebble-strewn walk, she will be vexed with many rivals and find that there…” Compare 2 historical dream books.

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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

Pebbles · Heading 1515; source lines 17186–17193 · Text transcription

Original source (English)

For a young woman to dream of a pebble-strewn walk, she will be vexed with many rivals and find that there are others with charms that attract besides her own. She who dreams of pebbles is selfish and should cultivate leniency towards others' faults.

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SOURCE ACCOUNT

Anonymous

Everybody’s Book of Luck · Whitman Publishing Company edition; date not stated in transcription

Pebbles · Dream section, heading 194; source lines 4018–4021 · Text transcription

Original source (English)

Sorrows and troubles: (young woman dreams) she will be made unhappy by attractive rivals.

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