Noe wrote: “To dream you suffer shipwreck, the ship being overwhelmed, is dangerous to all, except to those detained by…” Compare 2 historical dream books.
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A. H. Noe
The Witches' Dream Book; and Fortune Teller · New York, Henry J. Wehman, 1885
Shipwreck · Dream section, heading 473; source lines 1733–1735 · Text transcription
Original source (English)
To dream you suffer shipwreck, the ship being overwhelmed, is dangerous to all, except to those detained by force. To them it signifies liberty.
Anonymous
The Interpretation of Dreams and Moles · United Kingdom, J. Marshall, 1805
Shipwreck · Dreams interpreted, passage 29; source lines 194–195 · Text transcription
Original source heading: (no printed heading)
Original source (English)
To dream you are cast away in a shipwreck, denotes losses in goods and estate.
The 1805 text prints this passage without a heading; DreamFolia files it under “Shipwreck” because that is the subject of its first clause.
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