Miller wrote: “To dream of being in a quagmire, implies your inability to meet obligations.” Compare 3 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
Quagmire · Heading 1644; source lines 18474–18480 · Text transcription
Original source (English)
To dream of being in a quagmire, implies your inability to meet obligations. To see others thus situated, denotes that the failures of others will be felt by you. Illness is sometimes indicated by this dream.
A. H. Noe
The Witches' Dream Book; and Fortune Teller · New York, Henry J. Wehman, 1885
Quagmire · Dream section, heading 419; source lines 1575–1576 · Text transcription
Original source (English)
To dream one is falling into a quagmire, shows obstructions and difficulty in business.
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
Quagmire · Printed p. 247; NLM OCR lines 11571–11573 · OCR transcription
Original source (English)
To fall into one augurs impassable barriers (Artemidorus).
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