Miller wrote: “To dream of quills, denotes to the literary inclined a season of success.”
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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
Quills · Heading 1655; source lines 18569–18579 · Text transcription
Original source (English)
To dream of quills, denotes to the literary inclined a season of success.
To dream of them as ornaments, signifies a rushing trade, and some remuneration.
For a young woman to be putting a quill on her hat, denotes that she will attempt many conquests, and her success will depend upon her charms.
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