Template:RQ:Cowper Task
1785, William Cowper, “Book I. The Sofa.”, in The Task, a Poem, […], London: […] J[oseph] Johnson; […], →OCLC, page 1:
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Usage edit
This template may be used on Wiktionary entry pages to quote William Cowper's work The Task, a Poem (1st edition, 1785). It can be used to create a link to an online version of the work at Google Books (archived at the Internet Archive):
| Poem | First page number |
|---|---|
| The Task | page 1 |
| An Epistle to Joseph Hill, Esq. | page 285 |
| Tirocinium: Or, A Review of Schools | page 289 |
| The Diverting History of John Gilpin, […] | page 343 |
Parameters edit
The template takes the following parameters:
|1=or|page=; or|pages=– mandatory: the page number(s) quoted from. When quoting a range of pages, note the following:- Separate the first and last pages of the range with an en dash, like this:
|pages=10–11. - You must also use
|pageref=to specify the page number that the template should link to (usually the page on which the Wiktionary entry appears).
- Separate the first and last pages of the range with an en dash, like this:
- This parameter must be specified to have the template determine the book of the poem The Task, or name of another poem, quoted from, and to link to the online version of the work.
|2=,|text=, or|passage=– a passage quoted from the work.|footer=– a comment on the passage quoted.|brackets=– use|brackets=onto surround a quotation with brackets. This indicates that the quotation either contains a mere mention of a term (for example, "some people find the word manoeuvre hard to spell") rather than an actual use of it (for example, "we need to manoeuvre carefully to avoid causing upset"), or does not provide an actual instance of a term but provides information about related terms.
Examples edit
- Wikitext:
{{RQ:Cowper Task|page=74|passage=[F]oppiſh airs / And '''hiſtrionic''' mumm'ry, that let dovvn / The pulpit to the level of the ſtage, / Drops from the lips a diſregarded thing.}}; or{{RQ:Cowper Task|74|[F]oppiſh airs / And '''hiſtrionic''' mumm'ry, that let dovvn / The pulpit to the level of the ſtage, / Drops from the lips a diſregarded thing.}}
- Result:
- 1785, William Cowper, “Book II. The Time-piece.”, in The Task, a Poem, […], London: […] J[oseph] Johnson; […], →OCLC, page 74:
- [F]oppiſh airs / And hiſtrionic mumm'ry, that let dovvn / The pulpit to the level of the ſtage, / Drops from the lips a diſregarded thing.
- Wikitext:
{{RQ:Cowper Task|page=343|passage=John Gilpin's ſpouse ſaid to her dear, / Though vvedded vve have been / Theſe tvvice ten '''tedious''' years, yet vve / No holiday have ſeen.}} - Result:
- 1782, William Cowper, “The Diverting History of John Gilpin, […]”, in The Task, a Poem, […], London: […] J[oseph] Johnson; […], published 1785, →OCLC, page 343:
- John Gilpin's ſpouse ſaid to her dear, / Though vvedded vve have been / Theſe tvvice ten tedious years, yet vve / No holiday have ſeen.
- Wikitext:
{{RQ:Cowper Task|pages=13–14|pageref=13|passage=He {{...}} ſeldom vvaits, / Dependent on the baker's punctual '''call''', / To hear his creaking panniers at the door, / Angry and ſad and his laſt cruſt conſumed.}} - Result:
- 1785, William Cowper, “Book I. The Sofa.”, in The Task, a Poem, […], London: […] J[oseph] Johnson; […], →OCLC, pages 13–14:
- He […] ſeldom vvaits, / Dependent on the baker's punctual call, / To hear his creaking panniers at the door, / Angry and ſad and his laſt cruſt conſumed.
See also edit
{{RQ:Cowper John Gilpin}}– to quote the poem The Diverting History of John Gilpin in this work
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