[B] The story of the three caskets in 'The Merchant of Venice.'
[C] Five hundred and thirty-seven miles from Seleucia, two hundred and three from the nearest coast of Syria, according to Pliny.
[D] Potter [detests] potter.
[E] "Whoever sees God must die."
[F] Oblómof is the genitive plural of the word oblóm or oblám, a term expressive of anything broken or almost useless, or even bad; a rude, awkward, unfinished man.
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