Rêverie

"The different habits and commercial purſuits of the modern world have rendered it neceſſary to diſcard the rêveries of the philoſophers and ſchoolmen, who have argued and fulminated againſt the practice of lending money for gain; and, indeed, ſome ſpeculators have plauſibly maintained the abſurdity and impolicy of any legal interference with reſpect to the terms of pecuniary negotiations."