history and defence of Magna charta
Subtitle: 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.
Publisher: Printed for James Williams ...
Published: 1769
Place of publication: Dublin
Language: eng
Number of pages: 277
Subjects: Great Britain. -- Parliament. -- History; Magna Carta.; Constitutional history -- Great Britain.
Notes: By Samuel Johnson.  Cf. Halkett & Laing.

Includes bibliographical references.