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Miller wrote: “To dream of weighing on scales, portends that justice will temper your conduct, and you will see your…” 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

Scales · Heading 1781; source lines 19845–19853 · Text transcription

Original source (English)

To dream of weighing on scales, portends that justice will temper your conduct, and you will see your prosperity widening.

For a young woman to weigh her lover, the indications are that she will find him of solid worth, and faithfulness will balance her love.

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Felix Fontaine

The Golden Wheel Dream-book and Fortune-teller · 1862

Scales · Heading 697; source line 4368 · Text transcription

Original source (English)

To dream you are weighing any article, is a good omen, and signifies that you will be happy and long-lived; but to dream you see another using the scales, is a sign you will be ruined by law-suits.

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