Miller wrote: “To dream that you are sighing over any trouble or sad event, denotes that you will have unexpected sadness, but some redeeming brightness in…”
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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
Sigh · Heading 1848; source lines 20480–20489 · Text transcription
Original source (English)
To dream that you are sighing over any trouble or sad event, denotes that you will have unexpected sadness, but some redeeming brightness in your season of trouble.
To hear the sighing of others, foretells that the misconduct of dear friends will oppress you with a weight of gloom.
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