Template:RQ:Sheridan Rivals/documentation

Usage

This template may be used on Wiktionary entry pages to quote Richard Brinsley Sheridan's work The Rivals, a Comedy (1st edition, 1775). It 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:

• |chapter= – if quoting from one of the chapters indicated in the second column of the following table, give the parameter the volume indicated in the first column:

Parameter value	Result
Epilogue	Epilogue. By the Author. Spoken by Mrs. [Mary] Bulkley.
Preface	Preface
Prologue	Prologue. By the Author. Spoken by Mr. [Henry] Woodward and Mr. [John] Quick.

As the prologue and epilogue 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/rivalscomedyasit00sher/page/n16/mode/1up, specify |page=16.

• |1= or |page=; or |pages= – mandatory: the page number(s) quoted from in Arabic or lowercase Roman numerals, as the case may be. 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 or |pages=v–vi.
  • 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).

This parameter must be specified to have the template determine the act number (I–V) and scene number quoted from, and to link to the online version of the work.

Act I pages 1–16

Act II pages 17–36

Act III pages 37–58

Act IV pages 59–78

Act V pages 79–100

• |scene= – mandatory in some cases: in most cases, if the page number is specified the template can determine the scene number quoted from. However, if it is unable to do so, this parameter must be used to specify the scene number in lowercase Roman numerals, like this: |scene=i.
• |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:Sheridan Rivals|page=9|passage=Unus'd to the foppery of love, he is negligent of the little duties expected from a lover—but being '''unhackney'd''' in the paſſion, his affection is ardent and ſincere; and as it engroſſes his vvhole ſoul, he expects every thought and emotion of his miſtreſs to move in uniſon vvith his.}} (the template can determine the act and scene number based on the page number); or
  • {{RQ:Sheridan Rivals|9|Unus'd to the foppery of love, he is negligent of the little duties expected from a lover—but being '''unhackney'd''' in the paſſion, his affection is ardent and ſincere; and as it engroſſes his vvhole ſoul, he expects every thought and emotion of his miſtreſs to move in uniſon vvith his.}}
• Result:
  • 1775 January 17 (first performance), [Richard Brinsley Sheridan], The Rivals, a Comedy. […], London: […] John Wilkie, […], published 1775, →OCLC, Act I, scene ii, page 9:

    Unus'd to the foppery of love, he is negligent of the little duties expected from a lover—but being unhackney'd in the paſſion, his affection is ardent and ſincere; and as it engroſſes his vvhole ſoul, he expects every thought and emotion of his miſtreſs to move in uniſon vvith his.

• Wikitext: {{RQ:Sheridan Rivals|chapter=Epilogue|page=19|passage=[T]he Scholars of our eyes, / Our Beaux from ''Gallantry'' vvould ſoon be vviſe; / VVould gladly light, their homage to improve, / The Lamp of Knovvledge at the '''Torch''' of Love!}}
• Result:
  • 1775 January 17 (first performance), [Richard Brinsley Sheridan], “Epilogue. By the Author. Spoken by Mrs. [Mary] Bulkley.”, in The Rivals, a Comedy. […], London: […] John Wilkie, […], published 1775, →OCLC, page 19:

    [T]he Scholars of our eyes, / Our Beaux from Gallantry vvould ſoon be vviſe; / VVould gladly light, their homage to improve, / The Lamp of Knovvledge at the Torch of Love!