Template:RQ:Pindar Lousiad
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1785–1796, Peter Pindar [pseudonym; John Wolcot], “(please specify |canto=I to V)”, in The Lousiad: An Heroi-comic Poem, London:
- The following documentation is located at Template:RQ:Pindar Lousiad/documentation. [edit]
- Useful links: subpage list • links • redirects • transclusions • errors (parser/module) • sandbox
Usage
[edit]This template may be used on Wiktionary entry pages to quote Peter Pindar [pseudonym; John Wolcot]'s work The Lousiad: An Heroi-comical Poem (1st edition, 1785–1796, 5 cantos); the 1st edition of canto IV (London: […] H. D. Symonds, […], and Robertson and Berry, […], 1792; →OCLC) is not currently available online. The template can be used to create a link to online versions of the work at Google Books and the Internet Archive:
- Canto I (1785) (archived at the Internet Archive).
- Canto II (1787) (archived at the Internet Archive).
- Canto III (1791) (archived at the Internet Archive).
- Canto IV (1792), republished in The Works of Peter Pindar, Esqr. (volume I, 1794).
- Canto V, published in The Works of Peter Pindar, Esqr. (volume III, 1796) (archived at the Internet Archive).
Parameters
[edit]The template takes the following parameters:
|chapter=– use this parameter to specify the name of a chapter that is not part of a canto, such as|chapter=Argumentor|chapter=The Petition of the Cooks(published with canto II). If quoting from a chapter that is unpaginated, use|2=or|page=to specify the "page number" assigned by Google Books to the URL of the webpage to be linked to. For example, if the URL ishttps://books.google.com/books?id=mDdWAAAAYAAJ&pg=RA2-PP3, specify|page=3.|1=or|canto=– mandatory: the canto number quoted from in uppercase Roman numerals, from|canto=Ito|canto=V.|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 specify the page number that the template should link to (usually the page on which the Wiktionary entry appears).
- Separate the first and last pages of the range with an en dash, like this:
- This parameter must be specified to have the template link to an online version of the work.
|3=,|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:Pindar Lousiad|canto=V|page=10|passage=At theſe laſt vvords, forth cravvl'd an {{smallcaps|ancient Dame}}, / Sharp-nos'd, half ſtarv'd, and {{smallcaps|Avarice}} her name; / {{...}} / Sav'd of the '''muſtieſt''' bread the crumbs, and ſees / A dinner in the ''ſcrapings'' of a cheeſe: {{...}}}}; or{{RQ:Pindar Lousiad|V|10|At theſe laſt vvords, forth cravvl'd an {{smallcaps|ancient Dame}}, / Sharp-nos'd, half ſtarv'd, and {{smallcaps|Avarice}} her name; / {{...}} / Sav'd of the '''muſtieſt''' bread the crumbs, and ſees / A dinner in the ''ſcrapings'' of a cheeſe: {{...}}}}
- Result:
- 1796, Peter Pindar [pseudonym; John Wolcot], “The Lousiad Canto V”, in The Works of Peter Pindar, Esqr. […], London: […] John Walker, […], →OCLC, page 10:
- At theſe laſt vvords, forth cravvl'd an ancient Dame, / Sharp-nos'd, half ſtarv'd, and Avarice her name; / […] / Sav'd of the muſtieſt bread the crumbs, and ſees / A dinner in the ſcrapings of a cheeſe: […]
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