Template:RQ:Dryden King Arthur
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c. 1684 – 1691 (date written), [John] Dryden, King Arthur: Or, the British Worthy. A Dramatick Opera. […], London: […] Jacob Tonson, […], published 1691, →OCLC, (please specify the page number):
- The following documentation is located at Template:RQ:Dryden King Arthur/documentation. [edit]
- Useful links: subpage list • links • redirects • transclusions • errors (parser/module) • sandbox
Usage
[edit]This template may be used in Wiktionary entries to format quotations from John Dryden's work King Arthur: Or, The British Worthy (1st edition, 1691). It can be used to create a link to an online version of the work at the Internet Archive.
Parameters
[edit]The template takes the following parameters:
|chapter=– if quoting from a part of the work other than the play as indicated in the second column of the following table, use this parameter to specify the name of the part as indicated in the first column:
| Parameter value | Result |
|---|---|
| Epilogue | The Epilogue. Spoken by Mrs. Bracegirdle. |
| Epistle Dedicatory | To the Marquiss of Halifax |
- As the epistle dedicatory is unpaginated, use
|1=or|page=to specify the "page number" assigned by the Internet Archive to the URL of the webpage to be linked to. For example, if the URL ishttps://archive.org/details/kingarthurorbrit00dryd/page/n10/mode/1up, specify|page=10.
|1=or|page=, or|pages=– mandatory: the page number(s) quoted from. If quoting a range of pages, note the following:- Separate the first and last page numbers 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 page numbers of the range with an en dash, like this:
- This parameter must be specified to have the template determine the act number (I–V) quoted from, and to link to the online version of the work.
| Act I pages 1–9 |
Act II pages 10–20 |
Act III pages 21–34 |
Act IV pages 35–41 |
Act V pages 42–51 |
|2=,|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:Dryden King Arthur|page=3|passage=Oh Noble ''Conon'', / You taught my tender Hands the Trade of VVar; / And novv again you '''Helm''' your hoary Head, / And under double vveight of Age and Arms, / Aſſert your Countries Freedom, and my Crovvn.}}; or{{RQ:Dryden King Arthur|3|Oh Noble ''Conon'', / You taught my tender Hands the Trade of VVar; / And novv again you '''Helm''' your hoary Head, / And under double vveight of Age and Arms, / Aſſert your Countries Freedom, and my Crovvn.}}
- Result:
- c. 1684 – 1691 (date written), [John] Dryden, King Arthur: Or, the British Worthy. A Dramatick Opera. […], London: […] Jacob Tonson, […], published 1691, →OCLC, Act I, page 3:
- Oh Noble Conon, / You taught my tender Hands the Trade of VVar; / And novv again you Helm your hoary Head, / And under double vveight of Age and Arms, / Aſſert your Countries Freedom, and my Crovvn.