Miller wrote: “Quarrels in dreams, portends unhappiness, and fierce altercations.” Compare 6 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
Quarrel · Heading 1648; source lines 18505–18514 · Text transcription
Original source (English)
Quarrels in dreams, portends unhappiness, and fierce altercations. To a young woman, it is the signal of fatal unpleasantries, and to a married woman it brings separation or continuous disagreements.
To hear others quarreling, denotes unsatisfactory business and disappointing trade.
Felix Fontaine
The Golden Wheel Dream-book and Fortune-teller · 1862
Quarrel · Heading 630; source line 4023 · Text transcription
Original source (English)
To dream of quarreling with a stranger, is a sign you will make a new friend or acquaintance; if you imagine that you quarrel with a friend, it shows that you will soon have a pleasant and agreeable time with him: lovers who dream of quarrels, will be apt to bill and coo harder than ever.
A. H. Noe
The Witches' Dream Book; and Fortune Teller · New York, Henry J. Wehman, 1885
Quarreling · Dream section, heading 428; source lines 1595–1599 · Text transcription
Original source (English)
To dream you are quarreling, denotes that some unexpected news will reach you, and that your sweetheart is about to be married to another.
The source heading “Quarreling” is shown on the Quarrel page: same topic
View source editionAstra Cielo
Fortunes and Dreams · New York, George Sully, 1917
Quarrel · Dream section, heading 343; source lines 4688–4690 · Text transcription
Original source (English)
Means constancy and friendship.
Anonymous
The Interpretation of Dreams and Moles · United Kingdom, J. Marshall, 1805
Quarrel · Dreams interpreted, passage 42; source lines 232–233 · Text transcription
Original source heading: (no printed heading)
Original source (English)
For lovers to dream they fall out and quarrel, signifies constancy and affection.
The 1805 text prints this passage without a heading; DreamFolia files it under “Quarrel” because that is the subject of its first clause.
View source editionKatherine Taylor Craig
The Fabric of Dreams: Dream Lore and Dream Interpretation, Ancient and Modern · New York, E. P. Dutton & Company, 1918; original US edition
Quarrel · Printed p. 247; NLM OCR lines 11579–11581 · OCR transcription
Original source (English)
A dream of the contrary, to quarrel in a dream means to make love (Raphael).
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