Template:RQ:Lamb Essays of Elia

1823, Elia [pseudonym; Charles Lamb], Elia. Essays which have Appeared under that Signature in The London Magazine, London: […] [Thomas Davison] for Taylor and Hessey, […], →OCLC:

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Usage

This template may be used in Wiktionary entries to format quotations from Charles Lamb's works Elia. Essays which have Appeared under that Signature in The London Magazine (1st edition, 1823) and The Last Essays of Elia. Being a Sequel to Essays Published under that Name. (1st edition, 1833), generally known as Essays of Elia. It can be used to create a link to online versions of the works at Google Books:

• Elia. Essays which have Appeared under that Signature in The London Magazine (1st edition, 1823; contents; archived at the Internet Archive).
• The Last Essays of Elia. Being a Sequel to Essays Published under that Name. (1st edition, 1833; contents; archived at the Internet Archive).

Parameters

The template takes the following parameters:

• |version= – if quoting from The Last Essays of Elia, specify |version=Last.
• |1=, |chapter=, or |essay= – the name of the "chapter" or essay quoted from.
• |2= 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).

This parameter must be specified to have the template link to the online version of the work.

• |3=, |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

Elia (1st edition, 1823)

• Wikitext:
  • {{RQ:Lamb Essays of Elia|chapter=All Fools' Day|page=98|passage=Bless thy doublet, it is not '''over-new''', threadbare as thy stories:— {{...}}}}; or
  • {{RQ:Lamb Essays of Elia|All Fools' Day|98|Bless thy doublet, it is not '''over-new''', threadbare as thy stories:— {{...}}}}
• Result:
  • 1823, Elia [pseudonym; Charles Lamb], “All Fools’ Day”, in Elia. Essays which have Appeared under that Signature in The London Magazine, London: […] [Thomas Davison] for Taylor and Hessey, […], →OCLC, page 98:

    Bless thy doublet, it is not over-new, threadbare as thy stories:— […]

• Wikitext: {{RQ:Lamb Essays of Elia|chapter=A Complaint of the Decay of Beggars in the Metropolis|pages=265–266|pageref=266|passage=No rascally comparative insults a Beggar, or thinks of weighing purses with him. {{...}} No one '''twitteth''' him with ostentation above his means. No one accuses him of pride, or upbraideth him with mock humility.}}
• Result:
  • 1823, Elia [pseudonym; Charles Lamb], “A Complaint of the Decay of Beggars in the Metropolis”, in Elia. Essays which have Appeared under that Signature in The London Magazine, London: […] [Thomas Davison] for Taylor and Hessey, […], →OCLC, pages 265–266:

    No rascally comparative insults a Beggar, or thinks of weighing purses with him. […] No one twitteth him with ostentation above his means. No one accuses him of pride, or upbraideth him with mock humility.

The Last Essays of Elia (1st edition, 1833)

• Wikitext: {{RQ:Lamb Essays of Elia|version=Last|chapter=Poor Relations|page=10|passage=A Poor Relation—is the most irrelevant thing in nature,— {{...}} —a '''fly in your ointment''',—a mote in your eye,— {{...}} —the ounce of sour in a pound of sweet.}}
• Result:
  • 1833, Elia [pseudonym; Charles Lamb], “Poor Relations”, in The Last Essays of Elia. […], London: Edward Moxon, […], →OCLC, page 10:

    A Poor Relation—is the most irrelevant thing in nature,— […] —a fly in your ointment,—a mote in your eye,— […] —the ounce of sour in a pound of sweet.