Template:RQ:John Gay Rural Sports

1713, [John] Gay, Rural Sports. A Poem. […], London: […] J[acob] Tonson, […], →OCLC:

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Useful links: subpage list • links • redirects • transclusions • errors (parser/module) • sandbox

Usage

This template may be used on Wiktionary entry pages to quote John Gay's work Rural Sports. A Poem. (1st and 2nd editions, 1713). It can be used to create a link to online versions of the work at the Internet Archive:

• 1st edition (1713) [not currently available online].
• 2nd edition (1713).

Parameters

The template takes the following parameters:

• |edition= – mandatory in some cases: if quoting from the 2nd edition (1713), specify |edition=2nd. If this parameter is omitted, the template defaults to the 1st edition (1713).
• |1= or |page=, or |pages= – mandatory in some cases: 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 indicate the page to be linked to (usually the page on which the Wiktionary entry appears).

This parameter must be specified to have the template link to the online version of the work.

• |2=, |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.

Examples

2nd edition (1713)

• Wikitext:
  • {{RQ:John Gay Rural Sports|edition=2nd|page=15|passage=No flaming '''Beacons''' caſt their Blaze afar, / The dreadful Signal of invaſive VVar.}}; or
  • {{RQ:John Gay Rural Sports|edition=2nd|15|No flaming '''Beacons''' caſt their Blaze afar, / The dreadful Signal of invaſive VVar.}}
• Result:
  • 1713, [John] Gay, Rural Sports. A Poem. […], 2nd edition, London: […] J[acob] Tonson, […], →OCLC, page 15:

    No flaming Beacons caſt their Blaze afar, / The dreadful Signal of invaſive VVar.

• Wikitext: {{RQ:John Gay Rural Sports|edition=2nd|pages=7–8|pageref=8|passage=If an huge ſcaly Salmon chance to ſpy / The vvanton Errors of the ſvvimming Fly, / {{...}} / Soon in ſmart Pains he feels the dire Miſtake, / Laſhes the VVaves, and beats the foamy Lake, / {{...}} / And novv again, impatient of the VVound, / He rolls and '''vvreathes''' his ſhining Body round; {{...}}}}
• Result:
  • 1713, [John] Gay, Rural Sports. A Poem. […], 2nd edition, London: […] J[acob] Tonson, […], →OCLC, pages 7–8:

    If an huge ſcaly Salmon chance to ſpy / The vvanton Errors of the ſvvimming Fly, / […] / Soon in ſmart Pains he feels the dire Miſtake, / Laſhes the VVaves, and beats the foamy Lake, / […] / And novv again, impatient of the VVound, / He rolls and vvreathes his ſhining Body round; […]

See also

• {{RQ:John Gay Poems}} and {{RQ:John Gay Poetical Works}} – the poem is also republished in these works