A history and defence of magna charta Shewing the manner of its being obtained from King John, with its preservation and final establishment in the succeeding reigns; with an introductory discourse, containing a short account of the rise and progress of national freedom, from the invasion of C(c)Œsar to the present times. Also the liberties which are confirmed by the bill of rights, &c. To which is added, an essay on parliaments, describing their origin in England, and the extraordinary means by which they have been lengthened from half yearly to septennial ones. By Samuel Johnson, A.M
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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London
Printed for J. Bell, (successor to Mr. Bathoe) at his Circulating-Library, near Exeter-Exchange, in the Strand; S. Bladon, Pater-noster-Row; and C. Etherington, at York
1772, M.DCC.LXXII. [1772]
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| Edition: | The second edition |
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| Collection: | Eighteenth Century Collections Online / ECCO - Collection details see MPG.ReNa |
| Item Description: | English Short Title Catalog, T116326. - Pp.xlix-lii misnumbered lxix-lxii. - Reproduction of original from British Library |
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| Physical Description: | Online-Ressource ([2],lxii,[i.e.lii],284p) 8° |