Miller wrote: “To dream of taking revenge, is a sign of a weak and uncharitable nature, which if not properly governed,…” Compare 4 historical dream books.
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These are the authors’ historical interpretations. Their forecasts and period judgments are preserved as source material, not as predictions or established meanings for your dream.
Gustavus Hindman Miller
Ten Thousand Dreams Interpreted; Or, What’s in a Dream · Gutenberg #926; bibliography identifies the 1901 original and subsequent reprints
Revenge · Heading 1703; source lines 19087–19094 · Text transcription
Original source (English)
To dream of taking revenge, is a sign of a weak and uncharitable nature, which if not properly governed, will bring you troubles and loss of friends.
If others revenge themselves on you, there will be much to fear from enemies.
Felix Fontaine
The Golden Wheel Dream-book and Fortune-teller · 1862
Revenge · Heading 663; source line 4197 · Text transcription
Original source (English)
To dream of revenging an injury, is a sign of disgrace: if, in your dream, you imagine that you have caused any one to be locked up in prison from motives of revenge, it predicts that you yourself will be imprisoned for some degrading act.
Astra Cielo
Fortunes and Dreams · New York, George Sully, 1917
Revenge · Dream section, heading 356; source lines 4719–4721 · Text transcription
Original source (English)
Denotes a speedy repentance.
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
Revenge · Printed p. 249; NLM OCR lines 11688–11690 · OCR transcription
Original source (English)
To dream of taking revenge prognosticates a bed of sickness for the dreamer (Raphael).
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