Template:RQ:Dryden Lee Oedipus

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1679, [John] Dryden, [Nathaniel] Lee, Oedipus: A Tragedy. […], London: […] R. Bentley and M. Magnes […], →OCLC, (please specify the page):
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Usage[edit]

This template may be used in Wiktionary entries to format quotations from John Dryden and Nathaniel Lee's work Oedipus: A Tragedy (1st edition, 1679). It may 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 the preface, prologue, or epilogue, specify |chapter=Preface, |chapter=Prologue, or |chapter=Epilogue respectively. As these chapters are 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 is https://archive.org/details/oedipustragedyas00dryd/page/n8/mode/1up, specify |page=8.
  • |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).
This parameter must be specified to have the template determine the act (I–V) quoted from, and to link to the online version of the work.
  • |act= – mandatory in some cases: in most cases if the page number is specified, the template can determine the the act number quoted from. It is unable to do so if page 17, 29, 47, or 65 is quoted from, in which case the act number must be manually specified in uppercase Roman numerals, like this: |act=I.
Act I
pages 1–17 		Act II
pages 17–29 		Act III
pages 29–47 		Act IV
pages 47–65 		Act V
pages 65–78
  • |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[edit]

  • Wikitext:
    • {{RQ:Dryden Lee Oedipus|page=74|passage=See this brandiſh'd Dagger: / {{...}} / I'll bury to the '''haft''', in her fair breaſt, / This Inſtrument of my Revenge.}} (the template is able to determine the act number automatically); or
    • {{RQ:Dryden Lee Oedipus|74|See this brandiſh'd Dagger: / {{...}} / I'll bury to the '''haft''', in her fair breaſt, / This Inſtrument of my Revenge.}}
  • Result:
  • Wikitext: {{RQ:Dryden Lee Oedipus|pages=6–7|pageref=6|passage=[A]s an angry Cur / Snarles vvhile he feeds, ſo vvill I ſeize and '''ſtanch''' / The hunger of my love on this proud beauty, / And leave the ſcraps for Slaves.}}
  • Result:


v • d • e
Works by John Dryden
Collected works
Non-fiction
Operas and plays
Poetry


v • d • e
Works by Nathaniel Lee

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