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With reference to a large public clock which chimed the hours. People did not have wristwatches or cellphones to tell time by, so they relied on a clock in the town hall or other large public building. The result is that the time is generally given in hours without minutes, as in:
"Let him be sent for to-morrow, eight o'clock, to have amends." (Merry Wives of Windsor)
"'Tis nine o'clock: our friends all stay for you." (Merchant of Venice)
"Ten o'clock: within these three hours 'twill be time enough to go home." (All's Well That Ends Well)
"Eleven o'clock the hour." (Merry Wives of Windsor)
"I tell you, for the bawdy hand of the dial is now upon the prick of noon." (Romeo and Juliet)
"Away; disperse: but till 'tis one o'clock" (Merry Wives of Windsor)
"Two o'clock is your hour?" (As You Like It)
"My lord, I was born about three of the clock in the afternoon" (Henry IV Part I)
"And if thou canst awake by four o' the clock" (Cymbeline)
"Soon at five o'clock, Please you, I'll meet with you upon the mart" (Comedy of Errors)
"At six o'clock i' the morning" (Merchant of Venice)
"I think 'tis now some seven o'clock" (The Taming of the Shrew)
It was possible to either look at the clock face ("The bawdy hand of the dial is now upon the prick of noon") or listen for the chimes ("The curfew bell hath rung, tis three o'clock" (Romeo and Juliet), "When I do count the clock that tells the time" (Sonnet 12), "The moon is down; I have not heard the clock" (Macbeth), "Peace! Count the clock" "The clock hath stricken three" (Julius Caesar))
When asking for the time, reference was usually made to the clock "What is't o'clock" or "What's o'clock", although it was possible to say something like "Now, Hal, what time of day is it, lad?" (Henry IV Part I). But there was a difference, as we can tell from Orlando's line in As You Like It: "You should ask me what time o' day; there's no clock in the forest." When you asked "What is it o'clock?" you wanted to know what time it was by a clock, but if you asked "What time of day is it?" it didn't have to be by a clock--you could be telling the time by the position of the sun or moon or whether the larks were singing (as they do in Romeo and Juliet).
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∙ 13y agoSomething like "the twenty-sixth day of January in the year of our Lord two thousand and twenty", I should think.
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Was William Shakespeare a good father?
Since he was an absentee father a lot of the time, a lot of people would say that makes him a bad father.
How would Shakespeare say guess?
He would say guess. As in this line from Titus Andronicus: "My lord, I know not, I, nor can I guess".
What would the audience do if they did not like a performance in Shakespeare's time?
throw food
Did Shakespeare graduate high school?
As there was no such thing as "high school" back in Shakespeare's time, it is certain that he did not "graduate". However, Shakespeare did attend Stratford grammar school from the time when he was 6 or 7 until 13. His father pulled him out of school at age 13. Yet that isn't to say that Shakespeare was later self taught and learned by other means.
How would Shakespeare say 'awesome'?
If he said it, he would say it with an accent like that we associate with pirates, because that is the accent they had back then. But then he may not have said it, as he doesn't use it in any of his plays. Of course, if you are asking how Shakespeare would say that something was really really good, he might well use the word "excellent" as in "A fellow of infinite jest, of most excellent fancy". "Excellent" was one of Shakespeare's favourite words.
How would Shakespeare say where are you?
Shakespeare would say "Wherefore art though?"
How do you say our in Shakespearian?
Shakespeare spoke English, you would say 'our'.
Was William Shakespeare a good father?
Since he was an absentee father a lot of the time, a lot of people would say that makes him a bad father.
What would Shakespeare say if he were still alive?
"My God, I'm old!"
How would Shakespeare say guess?
He would say guess. As in this line from Titus Andronicus: "My lord, I know not, I, nor can I guess".
What historical time did Shakespeare die in?
The Jacobean period, that is to say in the reign of James I.
How would shakespeare say the best?
He would say, "the best". And he does say it, a lot. E.g. "Murder most foul, as in the best it is." or "thou art the best of the cutthroats".
What would the audience do if they did not like a performance in Shakespeare's time?
throw food
Did Shakespeare graduate high school?
As there was no such thing as "high school" back in Shakespeare's time, it is certain that he did not "graduate". However, Shakespeare did attend Stratford grammar school from the time when he was 6 or 7 until 13. His father pulled him out of school at age 13. Yet that isn't to say that Shakespeare was later self taught and learned by other means.
He was not of age but for all time means?
Basically, he meant that Shakespeare had something which would be relevant at any time, not just in the time he wrote it. Shakespeare was not "topical" most of the time. Jonson, on the other hand, filled his plays with references to people and ideas which were well-known when he was alive but nobody knows about now, which makes Jonson's plays quite dated and hard to follow compared with Shakespeare's.
How would Shakespeare say 'awesome'?
If he said it, he would say it with an accent like that we associate with pirates, because that is the accent they had back then. But then he may not have said it, as he doesn't use it in any of his plays. Of course, if you are asking how Shakespeare would say that something was really really good, he might well use the word "excellent" as in "A fellow of infinite jest, of most excellent fancy". "Excellent" was one of Shakespeare's favourite words.
How would Shakespeare say frequently?
Shakespeare did not use the word "frequently". However he often used the perfectly modern and somewhat more straightforward "often".
