A history and defence of Magna Charta. Containing a copy of the original charter at large, with an English translation; 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 Caesar 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.
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- M.DCC.LXIX. [1769]
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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, M.DCC.LXIX. [1769]
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[2],lxii[i.e.lii],284p. ; 80.
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ESTC T130225
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