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• Nerissa - Nerissa Portia's waiting-maid; clever, self-confident, and coquettish. (Shakespeare: Merchant ...
• William Shakespeare: Merchant of Venice, Act IV, Scene II - Inquire the Jew's house out, give him this deed And let him sign it: we'll away to-night And be a day before our husbands home: This deed will be well
• William Shakespeare: Merchant of Venice, Act I, Scene II - By my troth, Nerissa, my little body is aweary of this great world.
• William Shakespeare: Merchant of Venice, Act III, Scene IV - Madam, although I speak it in your presence, You have a noble and a true conceit Of godlike amity; which appears most strongly In bearing thus the abs
• William Shakespeare: Merchant of Venice, Act II, Scene IX - Quick, quick, I pray thee; draw the curtain straight: The Prince of Arragon hath ta'en his oath, And comes to his election presently.