THE
CHASE;
A
POEM.
BY
WILLIAM SOMERVILE, ESQ.
The following Address was prefixed to the Quarto Edition of the Chase, published in 1796.
TO THE PATRONS OF FINE PRINTING.
When the exertions of an Individual to improve his profession are crowned with success, it is certainly the highest gratification his feelings can experience. The very distinguished approbation that attended the publication of the ornamented edition of Goldsmith’s Traveller, Deserted Village, and Parnell’s Hermit, which was last year offered to the Public as a Specimen of the improved State of Typography in this Country, demands my warmest acknowledgments; and is no less satisfactory to the different Artists who contributed their efforts towards the completion of the work.