Template:RQ:Gray Elegy/documentation

Usage

This template may be used on Wiktionary entry pages to quote Thomas Gray's work Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard as it appears in Designs by Mr. R[ichard] Bentley, for Six Poems by Mr. T. Gray (1st edition, 1753); the 1st edition (An Elegy Wrote in a Country Churchyard, London: […] R[obert] Dodsley, 1751; →OCLC) is not currently available online. The template can be used to create a link to an online version of the work at the Internet Archive.

Parameters

The template takes the following parameters:

• |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=28–29.
  • You must also use |pageref= to specify the page number that the template should link to (usually the page on which the Wiktionary entry appears).

You must specify this information 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

• Wikitext:
  • {{RQ:Gray Elegy|page=32|passage=Full many a gem of pureſt ray '''ſerene''' / The dark unfathom'd caves of ocean bear: {{...}}}}; or
  • {{RQ:Gray Elegy|32|Full many a gem of pureſt ray '''ſerene''' / The dark unfathom'd caves of ocean bear: {{...}}}}; or
• Result:
  • 1750 June 12 (date written; published 1751), T[homas] Gray, “Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard”, in Designs by Mr. R[ichard] Bentley, for Six Poems by Mr. T. Gray, London: […] R[obert] Dodsley, […], published 1753, →OCLC, page 32:

    Full many a gem of pureſt ray ſerene / The dark unfathom'd caves of ocean bear: […]

Technical information

This template relies on {{RQ:Gray Six Poems}}.