Cats
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To dream of a cat, denotes ill luck, if you do not succeed in killing it or driving it from your sight. If the cat attacks you, you will have enemies who will go to any extreme to blacken your reputation and to cause you loss of property. But if you succeed in banishing it, you will overcome great obstacles and rise in fortune and fame. If you meet a thin, mean and dirty-looking cat, you will have bad news from the absent. Some friend lies at death's door; but if you chase it out of sight, your friend will recover after a long and lingering sickness. To hear the scream or the mewing of a cat, some false friend is using all the words and work at his command to do you harm. To dream that a cat scratches you, an enemy will succeed in wrenching from you the profits of a deal that you have spent many days making. If a young woman dreams that she is holding a cat, or kitten, she will be influenced into some impropriety through the treachery of others. To dream of a clean white cat, denotes entanglements which, while seemingly harmless, will prove a source of sorrow and loss of wealth. When a merchant dreams of a cat, he should put his best energies to work, as his competitors are about to succeed in demolishing his standard of dealing, and he will be forced to other measures if he undersells others and still succeeds. To dream of seeing a cat and snake on friendly terms signifies the beginning of an angry struggle. It denotes that an enemy is being entertained by you with the intention of using him to find out some secret which you believe concerns yourself; uneasy of his confidences given, you will endeavor to disclaim all knowledge of his actions, as you are fearful that things divulged, concerning your private life, may become public.
Typed by Lesley
Examples
- I'm very sorry, Amy, added Beth, who was still a patroness of cats. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
- On the contrary, the Moors reverence cats as something sacred. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- But she never gave it up until the Spanish soldiers had eaten up all the cats. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- Meg wanted me to bring some of her blanc mange, she makes it very nicely, and Beth thought her cats would be comforting. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
- They will be jumping about like cats on hot bricks shortly! Fergus Hume. The Island of Fantasy.
- They both looked at her, very much as the cats had looked at them, a little while before. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- All them old cats _will _run their heads agin milestones,' observed Mr. Weller, in a parenthesis. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- That is Andros all over; he likes to be the monkey, and use others as cats to pull the chestnuts out of the fire. Fergus Hume. The Island of Fantasy.
- The cats could have jumped double the distance without extraordinary exertion. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- With cats, for instance, one naturally takes to catching rats, and another mice, and these tendencies are known to be inherited. Charles Darwin. On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection.
- Hear him come the four cats in the wheel-barrow--four distinct cats, sir, I pledge you my honour. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- What can you expect, when you take one's breath away, creeping in like a burglar, and letting cats out of bags like that? Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
- But buds will be roses, and kittens cats, more's the pity! Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
- Sparrows were there, cats were there, dry-rot and wet-rot were there, but it was not otherwise a suggestive spot. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- Cuddle your cats and get over your headache, Bethy. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
- See how it flies, like a troop of wild cats, at Mr Riderhood's eyes! Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- She longed for her cats, but would not have them brought, lest they should get sick, and in her quiet hours she was full of anxiety about Jo. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
- They would not compromise as long as the cats held out. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- What's that about flatirons and cats? Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
- Then Jip laid hold of a bit of geranium with his teeth, and worried imaginary cats in it. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
- Spaniards are very fond of cats. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- Those men will wait their opportunity with the patience of cats, and will use it with the ferocity of tigers. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
- He killed a couple of battalions of cats (Tangier is full of them) and made a parlor carpet out of their hides. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- It isn't that there ain't some Cats that would be well enough pleased if she did, but they sha'n't be pleased. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
- Terrified cats scamper across the road. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- He found the family group, dogs and cats included, under the great apple-tree in the orchard. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
Typed by Lesley