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... Count of Geneva , in 1099 : but the valley in which it stands might probably have been unknown at the present period , if two English gen- tlemen , Mr. Wyndham and Mr. Pocock , had not , in the year 1741 , discovered it , and given to ...
... Count of Geneva , in 1099 : but the valley in which it stands might probably have been unknown at the present period , if two English gen- tlemen , Mr. Wyndham and Mr. Pocock , had not , in the year 1741 , discovered it , and given to ...
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... Count of Geneva , gave the men of Chamouni permis- sion to hold a fair twice a year . Mr. Sherwill , after a number of similar facts , showing the erroneousness of the popular opinion , concludes his demonstration , if we may so call it ...
... Count of Geneva , gave the men of Chamouni permis- sion to hold a fair twice a year . Mr. Sherwill , after a number of similar facts , showing the erroneousness of the popular opinion , concludes his demonstration , if we may so call it ...
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