Miller wrote: “To dream of drinking the concoction called punch, denotes that you will prefer selfish pleasures to…” 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
Punch · Heading 1635; source lines 18395–18403 · Text transcription
Original source (English)
To dream of drinking the concoction called punch, denotes that you will prefer selfish pleasures to honorable distinction and morality.
To dream that you are punching any person with a club or fist, denotes quarrels and recriminations.
Felix Fontaine
The Golden Wheel Dream-book and Fortune-teller · 1862
Punch · Heading 623; source line 3985 · Text transcription
Original source (English)
To dream of making this beverage, or of drinking it, is a sign of poverty or disgrace; if a girl dreams that her lover treats her to punch, she had better discard him at once, as he will undoubtedly turn out to be a poor and shiftless fellow.
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