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Portia

The Nuttall Encyclopedia

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The rich heiress in the "Merchant of Venice," whose destiny in marriage depended, as ordained by her father, on the discretion of the wooer to choose the one of the three caskets that contained her portrait.

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Wood, James, ed. Entry for 'Portia'. The Nuttall Encyclopedia. https://www.studylight.org/​encyclopedias/​eng/​nut/​p/portia.html. Frederick Warne & Co Ltd. London. 1900.
 
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