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... Portia . PORTIA , a rich heiress . NERISSA , her waiting - maid . JESSICA , daughter to Shylock . Magnificoes of Venice , Officers of the Court of Justice , Gaoler , Servants to Portia , and other Attendants . SCENE : Partly at Venice ...
... Portia . PORTIA , a rich heiress . NERISSA , her waiting - maid . JESSICA , daughter to Shylock . Magnificoes of Venice , Officers of the Court of Justice , Gaoler , Servants to Portia , and other Attendants . SCENE : Partly at Venice ...
Page 187
... Portia , nothing undervalued 50 To Cato's daughter , Brutus ' Portia : 51 Nor is the wide world ignorant of her worth , For the four winds blow in from every coast Renowned suitors , and her sunny locks Hang on her temples like a golden ...
... Portia , nothing undervalued 50 To Cato's daughter , Brutus ' Portia : 51 Nor is the wide world ignorant of her worth , For the four winds blow in from every coast Renowned suitors , and her sunny locks Hang on her temples like a golden ...
Page 188
... PORTIA's house . Enter PORTIA and NERISSA . [ Exeunt . PORTIA . By my troth , ' Nerissa , my little body is aweary of this great world . NERISSA . You would be , sweet madam , if your miseries were in the same abundance as your good ...
... PORTIA's house . Enter PORTIA and NERISSA . [ Exeunt . PORTIA . By my troth , ' Nerissa , my little body is aweary of this great world . NERISSA . You would be , sweet madam , if your miseries were in the same abundance as your good ...
Page 189
... PORTIA . I pray thee , over - name them ; and as thou namest them , I will describe them ; and , according to my description , level at3 my affection . NERISSA . First , there is the Neapolitan prince . PORTIA . Ay , that's a colt 4 ...
... PORTIA . I pray thee , over - name them ; and as thou namest them , I will describe them ; and , according to my description , level at3 my affection . NERISSA . First , there is the Neapolitan prince . PORTIA . Ay , that's a colt 4 ...
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... PORTIA . Very vilely in the morning , when he is sober , and most vilely in the afternoon , when he is drunk : when he is best he is a little worse than a man , and when he is worst , he is little better than a beast : an the worst fall ...
... PORTIA . Very vilely in the morning , when he is sober , and most vilely in the afternoon , when he is drunk : when he is best he is a little worse than a man , and when he is worst , he is little better than a beast : an the worst fall ...
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