Miller wrote: “To dream of wandering through waste places, foreshadows doubt and failure, where promise of success was…” 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
Waste · Heading 2172; source lines 23871–23879 · Text transcription
Original source (English)
To dream of wandering through waste places, foreshadows doubt and failure, where promise of success was bright before you.
To dream of wasting your fortune, denotes you will be unpleasantly encumbered with domestic cares.
Felix Fontaine
The Golden Wheel Dream-book and Fortune-teller · 1862
Waste · Heading 850; source line 5187 · Text transcription
Original source (English)
To dream of waste is a sign of beggary, provided you are the cause of the waste; but if you feel bad and try to prevent it, the omen is one of losses, which may not end in beggary.
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