Template:RQ:Irving Sketch Book

1819 June 23 – 1820 September 13, Geoffrey Crayon [pseudonym; Washington Irving], “(please specify the title)”, in The Sketch Book of Geoffrey Crayon, Gent., New York, N.Y.: […] C. S. Van Winkle, […], →OCLC:

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This template may be used in Wiktionary entries to format quotations from the following editions of Washington Irving's work The Sketch Book of Geoffrey Crayon, Gent. It can be used to create a link to online versions of the work at Google Books, the HathiTrust Digital Library, and the Internet Archive:

1st edition (1819–1820; issued in seven parts; archived at the Internet Archive):

1st UK edition (1820):
- Volume I.
- Volume II (contains the additional essays "Traits of Indian Character", "Philip of Pokanoket", and "L'Envoy"; archived at the Internet Archive).
Author's revised edition (1848) (contains the additional essays "London Antiques" and "A Sunday in London"; archived at the Internet Archive).

The template takes the following parameters:

|version= – mandatory: if quoting from the 1st UK edition, specify |version=UK.
|volume= – mandatory: the volume number quoted from in uppercase Roman numerals, either |volume=I or |volume=II.

|version= – mandatory: if quoting from the author's revised edition, specify |version=revised.

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|3=, |text=, or |passage= – the passage to be quoted.
|footer= – a comment on the passage quoted.
|brackets= – use |brackets=on to 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.

Wikitext:
- {{RQ:Irving Sketch Book|title=Rural Life in England|page=124|passage=In some countries, the large cities '''absorb''' the wealth and fashion of the nation; they are the only fixed abodes of elegant and intelligent society, and the country is inhabited almost entirely by boorish peasantry.}}; or
- {{RQ:Irving Sketch Book|Rural Life in England|124|In some countries, the large cities '''absorb''' the wealth and fashion of the nation; they are the only fixed abodes of elegant and intelligent society, and the country is inhabited almost entirely by boorish peasantry.}}
Result:
- 1819 July 31, Geoffrey Crayon [pseudonym; Washington Irving], “Rural Life in England”, in The Sketch Book of Geoffrey Crayon, Gent., number II, New York, N.Y.: […] C. S. Van Winkle, […], →OCLC, page 124:
  In some countries, the large cities absorb the wealth and fashion of the nation; they are the only fixed abodes of elegant and intelligent society, and the country is inhabited almost entirely by boorish peasantry.

Wikitext: {{RQ:Irving Sketch Book|title=The Legend of Sleepy Hollow|pages=110–111|pageref=110|passage=This road leads through a sandy '''hollow''' shaded by trees for about a quarter of a mile, where it crosses the bridge famous in goblin story, and just beyond swells the green knoll on which stands the whitewashed church.}}
Result:
- 1820 March 5, Geoffrey Crayon [pseudonym; Washington Irving], “The Legend of Sleepy Hollow”, in The Sketch Book of Geoffrey Crayon, Gent., number VI, New York, N.Y.: […] C. S. Van Winkle, […], →OCLC, pages 110–111:
  This road leads through a sandy hollow shaded by trees for about a quarter of a mile, where it crosses the bridge famous in goblin story, and just beyond swells the green knoll on which stands the whitewashed church.

Wikitext: {{RQ:Irving Sketch Book|version=UK|volume=II|title=Traits of Indian Character|page=213|passage=His [the Native American's] nature is stern, simple and enduring; fitted to grapple with difficulties, and to support '''privations'''.}}
Result:
- 1820 July, Geoffrey Crayon [pseudonym; Washington Irving], “Traits of Indian Character”, in The Sketch Book of Geoffrey Crayon, Gent., 1st UK edition, volume II, London: John Murray, […], →OCLC, page 213:
  His [the Native American's] nature is stern, simple and enduring; fitted to grapple with difficulties, and to support privations.

Wikitext: {{RQ:Irving Sketch Book|version=revised|title=A Sunday in London|page=141|passage=In a preceding paper I have spoken of an English Sunday in the country, and its '''tranquilizing''' effect upon the landscape; but where is its sacred influence more strikingly apparent than in the very heart of that great Babel, London?}}
Result:
- 1848, Geoffrey Crayon [pseudonym; Washington Irving], “A Sunday in London”, in The Sketch Book of Geoffrey Crayon, Gent. […] (The Works of Washington Irving; II), author’s revised edition, New York, N.Y., London: George P[almer] Putnam, […], →OCLC, page 141:
  In a preceding paper I have spoken of an English Sunday in the country, and its tranquilizing effect upon the landscape; but where is its sacred influence more strikingly apparent than in the very heart of that great Babel, London?