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THE
Present State
OF
WIT, &c.
SIR,
You Acquaint me in your last, that you are still so busie Building at ———, that your Friends must not hope to see you in Town this Year; At the same time you desire me that you may not be quite at a loss in Conversation among the Beau Monde next Winter, to send you an account of the present State of Wit in Town; which, without further Preface, I shall therefore endeavour to perform, andgive
