TY - BOOK AU - Bond,Donald F. AU - Boyer,Abel AU - Gay,John AU - Britton,W.Earl TI - The Present State of Wit (1711): In a Letter to a Friend in the Country AV - PR PY - 2005/// PB - Project Gutenberg KW - Conduct of life KW - Characters and characteristics KW - English literature -- 18th century -- History and criticism N1 - Introduction by Bond -- -- The Present State of wit, in a letter to a Friend in the Country, by Gay (1711) -- -- Introduction by Britton -- -- Excerpts from the English Theophrastus: or, the manners of the Age. Being the modern characters of the court, the town, and the city, ascribed to Boyer (1702); Public domain in the USA; Electronic text UR - http://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/14800 ER -