Template:RQ:Meredith Tragic Comedians
1880, George Meredith, The Tragic Comedians. A Study in a Well-known Story. […], volumes (please specify |volume=I or II), London: Chapman and Hall, […], published 1881, →OCLC:
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Usage
editThis template may be used on Wiktionary entry pages to quote George Meredith's work The Tragic Comedians. A Study in a Well-known Story. (1881, 2 volumes); the 1st edition (London: Chapman and Hall, 1880; →OCLC) is not currently available online. The template can be used to create a link to online versions of the work at the Internet Archive (both volumes are in one file):
Parameters
editThe template takes the following parameters:
|1=or|volume=– mandatory: the volume number quoted from in uppercase Roman numerals, either|volume=Ior|volume=II.|2=or|chapter=– the chapter number quoted from in uppercase Roman numerals. The chapter number starts from I in each volume.|3=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).
- Separate the first and last pages of the range with an en dash, like this:
- This parameter must be specified to have the template link to the online version of the work.
|4=,|text=, or|passage=– the passage to be quoted.|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:Meredith Tragic Comedians|volume=I|chapter=II|page=25|passage=They were not members of a country where literature is confined to its little '''paddock''', without influence on the larger field (part lawn, part marsh) of the social world: they were readers in sympathetic action with thinkers and literary artists.}}; or{{RQ:Meredith Tragic Comedians|I|II|25|They were not members of a country where literature is confined to its little '''paddock''', without influence on the larger field (part lawn, part marsh) of the social world: they were readers in sympathetic action with thinkers and literary artists.}}
- Result:
- 1880, George Meredith, chapter II, in The Tragic Comedians. A Study in a Well-known Story. […], volume I, London: Chapman and Hall, […], published 1881, →OCLC, page 25:
- They were not members of a country where literature is confined to its little paddock, without influence on the larger field (part lawn, part marsh) of the social world: they were readers in sympathetic action with thinkers and literary artists.
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