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Ugly

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Miller wrote: “To dream that you are ugly, denotes that you will have a difficulty with your sweetheart, and 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

Ugly · Heading 2081; source lines 22893–22902 · Text transcription

Original source (English)

To dream that you are ugly, denotes that you will have a difficulty with your sweetheart, and your prospects will assume a depressed shade.

If a young woman thinks herself ugly, she will conduct herself offensively toward her lover, which will probably cause a break in their pleasant associations.

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A. H. Noe

The Witches' Dream Book; and Fortune Teller · New York, Henry J. Wehman, 1885

Ugly · Dream section, heading 538; source lines 1946–1949 · Text transcription

Original source (English)

For a person to dream of being ugly or deformed, indicates that the dreamer will be surprised by hearing from a long absent friend a communication of a pleasing and gratifying nature.

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