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Perspiration

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Miller wrote: “To dream that you are in a perspiration, foretells that you will come out of some difficulty, which has…” 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

Perspiration · Heading 1528; source lines 17324–17330 · Text transcription

Original source (English)

To dream that you are in a perspiration, foretells that you will come out of some difficulty, which has caused much gossip, with new honors.

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Anonymous

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

Perspiration · Dream section, heading 198; source lines 4027–4030 · Text transcription

Original source (English)

To dream of being bathed in perspiration foretells the inception of some arduous task which will be successfully achieved.

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