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_Governesses_.--A lady wrote to her son, requesting him to look out for a
lady, such as she described, and such as is ordinarily expected in a
governess, that is to say, all accomplished, with the disposition of an
angel. The gentleman wrote back that he had long been looking out for such
a person, and that when he found her, he should not recommend her for a
governess, but take her for a wife.--_New Monthly Mag_.
_Counterfeit Kings_.--In the infancy of the Roman Empire, we find a
counterfeit Agrippa, after him a counterfeit Nero; and before them two
counterfeit Alexanders, in Syria. But never was a nation so troubled with
these mock kings as England; a counterfeit Richard II. being made in the
time of Henry IV.; a counterfeit Mortimer in the time of Henry VI.; a
counterfeit Duke of York; a counterfeit Earl of Warwick under Henry VII.;
and a counterfeit Edward VI. under the reign of Queen Mary; and a
counterfeit Protector, in Oliver Cromwell.