Books
Books in a dream are pursuit and pleasure of the mind — to study them touches honour and riches, the rewards of learning. The dream tends to touch what we seek to know and the standing it brings, and to ask what we are reading ourselves into, and whether the pursuit is enriching us or merely absorbing us.
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These are the entries the historical dream-books record for books, in their own words. They are period voices, not predictions, and they do not always agree with one another.
Gustavus Hindman Miller, 1901
Pleasant pursuits, honor and riches to dream of studying them. For an author to dream of his works going to press, is a dream of caution; he will have much trouble in placing them before the public.
To dream of spending great study and time in solving some intricate subjects, and the hidden meaning of learned authors, is significant of honors well earned.
To see children at their books, denotes harmony and good conduct of the young.
To dream of old books, is a warning to shun evil in any form.
Fontaine, 1862
To be reading serious books, shows honor and station in life; to read lascivious books, shame and disgrace.