Miller wrote: “To merely contemplate getting a shave, in your dream, denotes you will plan for the successful development…” Compare 3 historical dream books.
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Gustavus Hindman Miller · Shave
Ten Thousand Dreams Interpreted; Or, What’s in a Dream · Gutenberg #926; bibliography identifies the 1901 original and subsequent reprints
Shave · Heading 1818; source lines 20170–20176 · Text transcription
Original source (English)
To merely contemplate getting a shave, in your dream, denotes you will plan for the successful development of enterprises, but will fail to generate energy sufficient to succeed.
Gustavus Hindman Miller · Shaving
Ten Thousand Dreams Interpreted; Or, What’s in a Dream · Gutenberg #926; bibliography identifies the 1901 original and subsequent reprints
Shaving · Heading 1819; source lines 20176–20201 · Text transcription
Original source (English)
To dream that you are being shaved, portends that you will let imposters defraud you.
To shave yourself, foretells that you will govern your own business and dictate to your household, notwithstanding that the presence of a shrew may cause you quarrels.
If your face appears smooth, you will enjoy quiet, and your conduct will hot be questioned by your companions. If old and rough, there will be many squalls or, the matrimonial sea.
If your razor is dull and pulls your face, you will give your friends cause to criticize your private life.
If your beard seems gray, you will be absolutely devoid of any sense of justice to those having claims upon you.
For a woman to see men shaving, foretells that her nature will become sullied by indulgence in gross pleasures.
If she dreams of being shaved, she will assume so much masculinity that men will turn from her in disgust.
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View source editionFelix Fontaine
The Golden Wheel Dream-book and Fortune-teller · 1862
Shave · Heading 712; source line 4456 · Text transcription
Original source (English)
For a man to dream that he is shaving, is a sign he will get in debt: to dream that any one shaved you in a bargain, foretells that some debt will be paid to you which you had given up as lost.
A. H. Noe
The Witches' Dream Book; and Fortune Teller · New York, Henry J. Wehman, 1885
Shaving · Dream section, heading 477; source lines 1740–1745 · Text transcription
Original source (English)
To dream you are being shaved, or that your head has been shaved, is a very unfavorable omen; in love, it denotes treachery and disappointment; and in the married state, infidelity and discord. To the tradesman, it denotes loss of goods and business; to the sailor, an unpleasant and stormy voyage; to the farmer, it prefigures bad crops and diseases amongst his live stock.
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