Template:RQ:Beattie Minstrel/documentation
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Usage
This template may be used on Wiktionary entry pages to quote James Beattie's work The Minstrel; or, The Progress of Genius (book the first, 1st and 2nd editions, 1771; book the second, 1st and 3rd editions, 1774). It can be used to create a link to online versions of the work at Google Books and the Internet Archive:
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Parameters
The template takes the following parameters:
|edition=– mandatory in some cases: if quoting from the 2nd edition of the 1st book specify|edition=2nd, and if quoting from the 3rd edition of the 2nd book specify|edition=3rd. If this parameter is omitted, the template defaults to the 1st edition of each book (1771 and 1774).|1=,|book=, or|volume=– mandatory: the book number quoted from in Arabic numerals, either|book=1or|book=2.|stanza=– the stanza number quoted from in uppercase Roman numerals.|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).
- 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 the 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
- 1st editions (1771–1774)
- Wikitext:
{{RQ:Beattie Minstrel|book=2|stanza=XXXVI|page=19|passage=O vvho of man the ſtory vvill unfold, / Ere victory and empire vvrought annoy, / In that '''elyſian''' age (miſnamed of gold) / The age of love, and innocence and joy, {{...}}}}{{RQ:Beattie Minstrel|2|stanza=XXXVI|19|O vvho of man the ſtory vvill unfold, / Ere victory and empire vvrought annoy, / In that '''elyſian''' age (miſnamed of gold) / The age of love, and innocence and joy, {{...}}}}
- Result:
- 1774, James Beattie, The Minstrel; or, The Progress of Genius. A Poem. Book the Second, London: Edward and Charles Dilly, ; Edinburgh: William Creech, , →OCLC, stanza XXXVI, page 19:
- O vvho of man the ſtory vvill unfold, / Ere victory and empire vvrought annoy, / In that elyſian age (miſnamed of gold) / The age of love, and innocence and joy, […]
- 1st book (2nd edition, 1771) and 2nd book (3rd edition, 1774)
- Wikitext:
{{RQ:Beattie Minstrel|edition=2nd|book=1|stanza=XIX|page=10|passage=Concourſe, and noiſe, and toil, he ever fled; / Nor cared to mingle in the clamorous fray / Of ſquabbling '''imps'''; but to the foreſt ſped, / Or roam'd at large the lonely mountain's head; {{...}}}} - Result:
- 1771, James Beattie, The Minstrel; or, The Progress of Genius. A Poem. Book the First, 2nd edition, London: Edward and Charles Dilly, ; Edinburgh: A Kincaid and W Creech; and J Bell, , →OCLC, stanza XIX, page 10:
- Concourſe, and noiſe, and toil, he ever fled; / Nor cared to mingle in the clamorous fray / Of ſquabbling imps; but to the foreſt ſped, / Or roam'd at large the lonely mountain's head; […]
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