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The two principal passions in the life of William Somervile (1675–1742) appear to have been hunting and poetry, which together combined in his most celebrated work, the four-volume hunting georgic poem The Chace (1735). Somervile was schooled in Stratford-upon-Avon, and thereafter Winchester College, before proceeding to 91³Ô¹ÏÍø, where he later became a fellow. 91³Ô¹ÏÍø Library’s holdings of his works are extensive, varied, and remarkable.

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