Template:RQ:Arbuthnot Law

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This template may be used on Wiktionary entry pages to quote John Arbuthnot's work Law is a Bottomless-Pit. Or, The History of John Bull (1st edition, 1712, published in four parts with an appendix; and 1733 edition, published in two parts with a postscript). It can be used to create a link to online versions of the work at Google Books and the Internet Archive:

• 1st edition (1712):
  • Law is a Bottomless-Pit (Part 1; archived at the Internet Archive).
  • John Bull in His Senses: Being the Second Part of Law is a Bottomless-Pit (Part 2; archived at the Internet Archive).
  • John Bull Still in His Senses: Being the Third Part of Law is a Bottomless-Pit (as pages 21 and 22 are missing, access them from this Google Books version of the work (archived at the Internet Archive)) (Part 3).
  • An Appendix to John Bull Still in His Senses: Or, Law is a Bottomless-Pit (Part 3A).
  • Lewis Baboon Turned Honest, and John Bull Politician. Being the Fourth Part of Law is a Bottomless-Pit (Part 4).
• 1733 edition in Miscellanies (2nd edition, volume II; archived at the Internet Archive).

The template takes the following parameters:

1st edition (1712)

• |part= – mandatory in some cases: if quoting from part 2, part 3, the appendix to part 3, or part 4 of the work, specify |part=2, |part=3, |part=3A, or |part=4 respectively. If this parameter is omitted, the template defaults to part 1.
• |1= or |chapter= – the name of the chapter quoted from. If quoting from the preface in part 4, specify |chapter=The Preface. As it is unpaginated, use |2= 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/johnbullstillinh00arbu/page/n52/mode/1up, specify |page=52.
• |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.

1733 edition

• |year= – mandatory: if quoting from the 1733 edition, specify |year=1733.
• |1= or |chapter=, and |chaptername= – use |1= or |chapter= to specify the chapter number quoted from in uppercase Roman numerals, and |chaptername= the name of the chapter.
• |2= or |page=, or |pages= – mandatory: 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 determine the part of the work quoted from, and to link to the online version of the work.

Both editions

• |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.

Part 1

• Wikitext:
  • {{RQ:Arbuthnot Law|chapter=How ''John'' Look’d Over His Attorney’s Bill|page=20|passage=VVhen ''John'' firſt brought out the Bills, the Surprize of all the Family vvas unexpreſſible, at the prodigious Dimenſions of them; {{...}} Fees to Judges, '''puny''' Judges, Clerks, Prothonotories, Philizers, Chirographers, Underclerks, Proclamators, Counſel, VVitneſſes, Jury-men, Marſhals, Tipſtaffs, Cryers, Porters; {{...}}}}; or
  • {{RQ:Arbuthnot Law|How ''John'' Look’d Over His Attorney’s Bill|20|VVhen ''John'' firſt brought out the Bills, the Surprize of all the Family vvas unexpreſſible, at the prodigious Dimenſions of them; {{...}} Fees to Judges, '''puny''' Judges, Clerks, Prothonotories, Philizers, Chirographers, Underclerks, Proclamators, Counſel, VVitneſſes, Jury-men, Marſhals, Tipſtaffs, Cryers, Porters; {{...}}}}
• Result:
  • 1712, Humphry Polesworth [pseudonym; John Arbuthnot], “How John Look’d Over His Attorney’s Bill”, in Law is a Bottomless-Pit. , London: John Morphew, , →OCLC, page 20:

    VVhen John firſt brought out the Bills, the Surprize of all the Family vvas unexpreſſible, at the prodigious Dimenſions of them; […] Fees to Judges, puny Judges, Clerks, Prothonotories, Philizers, Chirographers, Underclerks, Proclamators, Counſel, VVitneſſes, Jury-men, Marſhals, Tipſtaffs, Cryers, Porters; […]

• Wikitext: {{RQ:Arbuthnot Law|chapter=How Bull and Frog went to Law with Lord Strutt about the Premisses, and were Joined by the Rest of the Tradesmen|pages=8–9|pageref=9|passage=''You Sot'', ſays ſhe, ''you loyter about Alehouſes and Taverns, ſpend your Time at Billiards, Nine-pins or Puppet-ſhovvs, or '''flaunt''' about the Streets in your nevv gilt Chariot, never minding me nor your numerous Family;'' {{...}}}}
• Result:
  • 1712, Humphry Polesworth [pseudonym; John Arbuthnot], “How Bull and Frog went to Law with Lord Strutt about the Premisses, and were Joined by the Rest of the Tradesmen”, in Law is a Bottomless-Pit. , London: John Morphew, , →OCLC, pages 8–9:

    You Sot, ſays ſhe, you loyter about Alehouſes and Taverns, ſpend your Time at Billiards, Nine-pins or Puppet-ſhovvs, or flaunt about the Streets in your nevv gilt Chariot, never minding me nor your numerous Family; […]

Other parts of the work

• Wikitext: {{RQ:Arbuthnot Law|part=3|chapter=Of Some Quarrels that Happen’d after Peg was Taken into the Family|page=23|passage=At the ſame time he clap'd me on the Back, and '''ſlabber'd''' me all over from Cheek to Cheek, vvith his great Tongue.}}
• Result:
  • 1712, Humphry Polesworth [pseudonym; John Arbuthnot], “Of Some Quarrels that Happen’d after Peg was Taken into the Family”, in John Bull Still in His Senses: Being the Third Part of Law is a Bottomless-Pit. , London: John Morphew, , →OCLC, page 23:

    At the ſame time he clap'd me on the Back, and ſlabber'd me all over from Cheek to Cheek, vvith his great Tongue.

• Wikitext: {{RQ:Arbuthnot Law|year=1733|chapter=XVI|chaptername=How John Bull and Nic. Frog Settled Their Accompts|page=143|passage=It is vvell knovvn thou '''retaineſt''' thy Lavvyers by the Year, ſo a freſh Lavv-Suit adds but little to thy Expences; {{...}}}}
• Result:
  • 1733, Humphry Polesworth [pseudonym; John Arbuthnot], Alexander Pope, compiler, “Law is a Bottomless Pit. Or, The History of John Bull. . The Second Part. Chapter XVI. How John Bull and Nic. Frog Settled Their Accompts.”, in Miscellanies, 2nd edition, volume II, London: Benjamin Motte, , →OCLC, page 143:

    It is vvell knovvn thou retaineſt thy Lavvyers by the Year, ſo a freſh Lavv-Suit adds but little to thy Expences; […]