Template:RQ:Thomson Summer/documentation

Usage

This template may be used on Wiktionary entry pages to quote from James Thomson's work Summer. A Poem. (1st edition, 1727; 1st collected edition, 1730; and 1768 version) which is part of The Seasons. It can be used to create a link to online versions of the work at Google Books and the Internet Archive:

• 1st edition (1727; archived at the Internet Archive).
• 1st collected edition (1730).
• 1768 version (archived at the Internet Archive).

Parameters

The template takes the following parameters:

• |year= – mandatory in some cases: if quoting from the 1st collected edition (1730) or the 1768 version, specify |year=1730 or |year=1768 respectively. If this parameter is omitted, the template defaults to the 1st edition (1727).
• |chapter= – in the 1st edition, if quoting from the dedication to Mr. Dodington, specify |chapter=Dedication.
• |1= or |page=, or |pages= – mandatory in some cases: the page number(s) quoted from in Arabic (or, in the 1st edition, lowercase Roman) numerals, as the case may be. If quoting a range of pages, note the following:
  • Separate the first and last page number of the range with an en dash, like this: |pages=10–11 or |pages=iii–iv.
  • 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.

• |line= or |lines= – the line number(s) quoted from. When quoting a range of lines, separate the first and last numbers of the range with an en dash.
• |stanza= – the stanza number quoted from in Arabic numerals.
• |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

1st edition (1727)

• Wikitext:
  • {{RQ:Thomson Summer|page=34|passage=Delicious is your Shelter to the Soul, / As to the hunted Hart the ſallying Spring, / Or Stream full-flovving, that his ſvvelling Sides / '''Laves''', as He floats along the Herbag'd Brink.}}; or
  • {{RQ:Thomson Summer|34|Delicious is your Shelter to the Soul, / As to the hunted Hart the ſallying Spring, / Or Stream full-flovving, that his ſvvelling Sides / '''Laves''', as He floats along the Herbag'd Brink.}}
• Result:
  • 1727, James Thomson, Summer. A Poem, […] J[ohn] Millan, […], →OCLC, page 34:

    Delicious is your Shelter to the Soul, / As to the hunted Hart the ſallying Spring, / Or Stream full-flowing, that his ſvvelling Sides / Laves, as He floats along the Herbag'd Brink.

1768 version

• Wikitext: {{RQ:Thomson Summer|year=1768|lines=6–8|page=47|passage=[F]rom his [Summer's] ardent look the turning {{smallcaps|Spring}} / Averts her '''blushful''' face; and earth, and ſkies, / All-ſmiling, to his hot dominion leaves.}}
• Result:
  • a. 1749 (date written), James Thomson, “Summer”, in The Seasons, London: […] A[ndrew] Millar, and sold by Thomas Cadell, […], published 1768, →OCLC, page 47, lines 6–8:

    [F]rom his [Summer's] ardent look the turning Spring / Averts her blushful face; and earth, and ſkies, / All-ſmiling, to his hot dominion leaves.

• Wikitext: {{RQ:Thomson Summer|year=1768|pages=70–71|pageref=71|lines=646–648|passage=Rocks rich in gems, and mountains big with mines, / That on the high equator ridgy riſe, / VVhence many a burſting ſtream '''auriferous''' plays: {{...}}}}
• Result:
  • a. 1749 (date written), James Thomson, “Summer”, in The Seasons, London: […] A[ndrew] Millar, and sold by Thomas Cadell, […], published 1768, →OCLC, pages 70–71, lines 646–648:

    Rocks rich in gems, and mountains big with mines, / That on the high equator ridgy riſe, / VVhence many a burſting ſtream auriferous plays: […]

Technical information

This template relies partly on {{RQ:Thomson Seasons}}.