Miller wrote: “To dream of stealing, or of seeing others commit this act, foretells bad luck and loss of character.” Compare 3 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
Stealing · Heading 1921; source lines 21259–21271 · Text transcription
Original source (English)
To dream of stealing, or of seeing others commit this act, foretells bad luck and loss of character.
To be accused of stealing, denotes that you will be misunderstood in some affair, and suffer therefrom, but you will eventually find that this will bring you favor.
To accuse others, denotes that you will treat some person with hasty inconsideration.
Felix Fontaine
The Golden Wheel Dream-book and Fortune-teller · 1862
Stealing · Heading 755; source line 4694 · Text transcription
Original source (English)
(See Thief.) If you dream of being robbed, it is a sign that you will make a good speculation of some kind; to dream of stealing any particular article yourself, foretells that you will soon want just that thing; thus, if you imagine that you steal money, you will be badly in want of some.
A. H. Noe
The Witches' Dream Book; and Fortune Teller · New York, Henry J. Wehman, 1885
Stealing · Dream section, heading 503; source lines 1838–1840 · Text transcription
Original source (English)
To dream that you are accused of stealing something, is an indication that you will have a handsome present given you.
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