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1791, Thomas Paine, Rights of Man: Being an Answer to Mr. Burke’s Attack on the French Revolution, London: […] J. S. Jordan, […], →OCLC:
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Usage
[edit]This template may be used on Wiktionary entry pages to quote Thomas Paine's work Rights of Man (1st edition, 1791). It can be used to create a link to an online version of the work at Google Books (archived at the Internet Archive).
Parameters
[edit]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=10–11. - You must also use
|pageref=to indicate the page to be linked to (usually the page on which the Wiktionary entry appears).
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|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:Paine Rights of Man|page=129|passage=The rights of men in ſociety, are neither deviſeable, nor transferable, nor '''annihilable''', but are deſcendable only; and it is not in the povver of any generation to intercept finally, and cut off the deſcent.}}; or{{RQ:Paine Rights of Man|129|The rights of men in ſociety, are neither deviſeable, nor transferable, nor '''annihilable''', but are deſcendable only; and it is not in the povver of any generation to intercept finally, and cut off the deſcent.}}
- Result:
- 1791, Thomas Paine, Rights of Man: Being an Answer to Mr. Burke’s Attack on the French Revolution, London: […] J. S. Jordan, […], →OCLC, page 129:
- The rights of men in ſociety, are neither deviſeable, nor transferable, nor annihilable, but are deſcendable only; and it is not in the povver of any generation to intercept finally, and cut off the deſcent.
- Wikitext:
{{RQ:Paine Rights of Man|pages=56–57|pageref=56|passage=The conſtitution of France ſays, that every man vvho pays a tax of ſixty ſous ''per annum'', (2s. and 6d. Engliſh), is an '''elector'''.— {{...}} Can any thing be more limited, and at the ſame time more capricious, than vvhat the qualifications of '''electors''' are in England? {{...}} Capricious—becauſe the lovveſt character that can be ſuppoſed to exiſt, and vvho has not ſo much as the viſible means of an honeſt livelihood, is an '''elector''' in ſome places; vvhile, in other places, the man vvho pays very large taxes, and vvith a fair knovvn character, and the farmer vvho rents to the amount of three or four hundred pounds a year, and vvith a property on that farm to three or four times that amount, is not admitted to be an '''elector'''.}} - Result:
- 1791, Thomas Paine, Rights of Man: Being an Answer to Mr. Burke’s Attack on the French Revolution, London: […] J. S. Jordan, […], →OCLC, pages 56–57:
- The conſtitution of France ſays, that every man vvho pays a tax of ſixty ſous per annum, (2s. and 6d. Engliſh), is an elector.— […] Can any thing be more limited, and at the ſame time more capricious, than vvhat the qualifications of electors are in England? […] Capricious—becauſe the lovveſt character that can be ſuppoſed to exiſt, and vvho has not ſo much as the viſible means of an honeſt livelihood, is an elector in ſome places; vvhile, in other places, the man vvho pays very large taxes, and vvith a fair knovvn character, and the farmer vvho rents to the amount of three or four hundred pounds a year, and vvith a property on that farm to three or four times that amount, is not admitted to be an elector.
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