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( 14 ) To dream a horſe runs away with you, de- notes unexpected buſineſs not pleaſing to you. To dream a gold ring breaks and falls from your finger, denotes the loſs of a lover or a dear friend. To dream you are failing on a calm ſea, de- notes a peaceable life; but ſuddenly overtaken in a ſtorm, trouble and affliction. To dream of courting a beautiful woman, betokens croſſes and vexation. To dream you put on fine clothes, denotes preferment. To dream you hunt a hare, but cannot take her, denotes the loſs of ſome matter you are in purſuit of. To dream you endeavour to fly and cannot, betokens impriſonment and reſtraint. A virgin dreaming ſhe is putting on a new garment, denotes an alteration in her condition by marriage. To dream of a lighted paper, denotes the party happy in friends and affection. To dream one receives a letter, denotes love and conſtancy, or that the part; ſhall have ſatisfaction in what he deſires. To dream one puts on new white gloves, denotes the marriage of friends; but black ones, the contrary. For a woman to dream ſhe is with child, denotes ſorrow and hard labour, but to dream ſhe is delivered, the contrary. To dream you ſee a withered tree ſprouting out, denotes children in old age.