TY - GEN T1 - 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©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. DA - M.DCC.LXXII. [1772] CY - London : AU - Johnson, Samuel, ET - The second edition. PB - 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, PP - London : PY - M.DCC.LXXII. [1772] N1 - Pp.xlix-lii misnumbered lxix-lxii. N1 - Reproduction of original from British Library. ID - 683832 TI - 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©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. LK - https://univsouthin.idm.oclc.org/login?url=http://find.gale.com/ecco/infomark.do?contentSet=ECCOArticles&docType=ECCOArticles&bookId=1439600100&type=getFullCitation&tabID=T001&prodId=ECCO&docLevel=TEXT_GRAPHICS&version=1.0&source=library&userGroupName=usi UR - https://univsouthin.idm.oclc.org/login?url=http://find.gale.com/ecco/infomark.do?contentSet=ECCOArticles&docType=ECCOArticles&bookId=1439600100&type=getFullCitation&tabID=T001&prodId=ECCO&docLevel=TEXT_GRAPHICS&version=1.0&source=library&userGroupName=usi ER -