Barnes, Joshua, 1654-1712
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Joshua Barnes (1654-1712) was a poet and classicist, latterly professor of Greek at Oxford University. Henry St. John (1678-1751) was a statesman who later became Viscount Bolingbroke. For fuller details of both men's lives and achievements see the Dictionary of National Biography.
From the guide to the Prose and verse essay in praise of wine, dedicated to Henry St. John, later Viscount Bolingbroke, by Joshua Barnes, 1708, (Leeds University Library)
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- English literature
- English poetry
- Greek poetry
- Latin poetry
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