Template:RQ:Thomson Winter/documentation

Usage

This template may be used on Wiktionary entry pages to quote from James Thomson's work Winter. A Poem. (1st edition, 1726; 1st collected edition, 1730; and 1768 version) which is part of The Seasons. It can be used to create a link to online versions of the work at Google Books and the Internet Archive:

• 1st edition (1726).
• 1st collected edition (1730).
• 1768 version (archived at the Internet Archive).

Parameters

The template takes the following parameters:

• |year= – mandatory in some cases: if quoting from the 1st collected edition (1730) or the 1768 version, specify |year=1730 or |year=1768 respectively. If this parameter is omitted, the template defaults to the 1st edition (1726).
• |chapter= – in the 1st edition, if quoting from the dedication to Spencer Compton, 1st Earl of Wilmington, specify |chapter=Dedication. As it is 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/bim_eighteenth-century_winter-a-poem-by-james_thomson-james_1726_0/page/4/mode/1up, specify |page=4.
• |1= or |page=, or |pages= – mandatory in some cases: the page number(s) quoted from. If quoting a range of pages, note the following:
  • Separate the first and last page number 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 an online version of the work.

• |line= or |lines= – the line number(s) quoted from. When quoting a range of lines, separate the first and last numbers of the range with an en dash.
• |stanza= – the stanza number quoted from in Arabic numerals.
• |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

1st edition (1726)

1st collected edition (1730)

• Wikitext: {{RQ:Thomson Winter|year=1730|lines=177–182|page=200|passage={{smallcaps|Huge Uproar}} lords it vvide. The clouds commixt / VVith ſtars ſvvift-gliding ſvveep along the sky. / All nature reels. Till nature's {{smallcaps|King}}, vvho oft / Amid '''tempeſtuous''' darkneſs dvvells alone, / And on the vvings of the careering vvind / VValks dreadfully ſerene, commands a calm; {{...}}}}
• Result:
  • 1730, James Thomson, “Winter. Inscribed to the Right Honourable the Lord Wilmington.”, in The Seasons, London: [s.n.], →OCLC, page 200, lines 177–182:

    Huge Uproar lords it vvide. The clouds commixt / VVith ſtars ſvvift-gliding ſvveep along the sky. / All nature reels. Till nature's King, vvho oft / Amid tempeſtuous darkneſs dvvells alone, / And on the vvings of the careering vvind / VValks dreadfully ſerene, commands a calm; […]

1768 version

• Wikitext: {{RQ:Thomson Winter|year=1768|lines=123–125|page=169|passage=[W]hile riſing ſlovv, / Blank, in the leaden-colour'd eaſt, the moon / VVears a vvan circle round her blunted '''horns'''.}}
• Result:
  • a. 1749 (date written), James Thomson, “Winter”, in The Seasons, London: […] A[ndrew] Millar, and sold by Thomas Cadell, […], published 1768, →OCLC, page 169, lines 123–125:

    [W]hile riſing ſlovv, / Blank, in the leaden-colour'd eaſt, the moon / VVears a vvan circle round her blunted horns.

• Wikitext: {{RQ:Thomson Winter|year=1768|lines=593–597|pages=185–186|pageref=186|passage=As thus vve talk'd, / Our hearts vvould burn vvithin us, vvould inhale / That portion of divinity, that ray / Of pureſt heaven, vvhich lights the '''public''' ſoul / Of patriots, and of heroes.}}
• Result:
  • a. 1749 (date written), James Thomson, “Winter”, in The Seasons, London: […] A[ndrew] Millar, and sold by Thomas Cadell, […], published 1768, →OCLC, pages 185–186, lines 593–597:

    As thus vve talk'd, / Our hearts vvould burn vvithin us, vvould inhale / That portion of divinity, that ray / Of pureſt heaven, vvhich lights the public ſoul / Of patriots, and of heroes.

Technical information

This template relies partly on {{RQ:Thomson Seasons}}.