Historical reported dream · English · original published report

Soldiers stop me on my own street

Anonymous historical dreamer

Dream Psychology (1917) · Printed pp. 47–48

Dreamer identified by the source: Anonymous seventeen-year-old girl, as described on p. 48

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I was walking down the street where our house is, when suddenly some soldiers wearing helmets came round a corner. They stopped me, and one of them grasped my arm. I woke in terror.

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A historical published reported dream quoted in Nicoll’s original1917 clinical/interpretive work. The compiler’s interpretations are personal historical views, not current diagnoses, evidence of treatment efficacy, or scientific/Matrix-Net findings. A complete printed quotation is not independent authentication of the original memory or an untouched manuscript. No modern community submission or distinct-person count is asserted.

Anonymous historical reported dream, in Maurice Nicoll (compiler/physician), Dream Psychology (London: Henry Frowde, Hodder & Stoughton, 1917), Printed pp. 47–48. Original English published quotation via Cornell University Library/Internet Archive. Editorial title, descriptive summary and navigation metadata added by Synastry; source wording and ending retained after scan-confirmed OCR repair.

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Original English historical reported dream printed in Dream Psychology (London: Henry Frowde, Hodder & Stoughton, 1917). Original publication term expired in the United States. Nicoll is the compiler/physician, not asserted to be the anonymous quoted dreamer. Public archive access is not a new licence; no blanket worldwide rights warranty, modern translation rights or modern scan-asset licence is asserted.

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Printed pp. 47–48

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Content notes
  • War
  • Fear or nightmare
Notes from the historical editor

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Short descriptive English reading (editorial): On a familiar street, soldiers appear around a corner and one grasps the dreamer’s arm.

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