Template:RQ:Bentley Confutation of Atheism

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This template may be used on Wiktionary entry pages to quote Richard Bentley's series of lectures known collectively as A Confutation of Atheism (1692–1693, 8 volumes). It can be used to create a link to online versions of the work at Google Books:

The template takes the following parameters:

• |1= or |sermon= – mandatory: the name of the sermon quoted from as indicated in the first column of the following table:

• |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).

This parameter must be specified to have 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=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.

• Wikitext:
  • {{RQ:Bentley Confutation of Atheism|sermon=Human Bodies 3|page=23|passage=ll the ridiculous and extravagant ſhapes that can be imagin'd, all the fancies and '''whimſies''' of Poets and Painters and ''Ægyptian'' Idolaters, if ſo be they are conſiſtent with Life and Propagation, would be now actually in Being, if our Atheiſt's Notion were true: {{...}}}}; or
  • {{RQ:Bentley Confutation of Atheism|Human Bodies 3|23|ll the ridiculous and extravagant ſhapes that can be imagin'd, all the fancies and '''whimſies''' of Poets and Painters and ''Ægyptian'' Idolaters, if ſo be they are conſiſtent with Life and Propagation, would be now actually in Being, if our Atheiſt's Notion were true: {{...}}}}
• Result:
  • 1692 September 15, Richard Bentley, A Confutation of Atheism from the Structure and Origin of Humane Bodies. The Third and Last Part. , London: Henry Mortlock, , published 1692, →OCLC, page 23:

    [A]ll the ridiculous and extravagant ſhapes that can be imagin'd, all the fancies and whimſies of Poets and Painters and Ægyptian Idolaters, if ſo be they are conſiſtent with Life and Propagation, would be now actually in Being, if our Atheiſt's Notion were true: […]

• Wikitext: {{RQ:Bentley Confutation of Atheism|sermon=World 3|pages=25–26|pageref=25|passage=he Months of ''March'' and ''September'', the tvvo '''Æquinoxes''' of Our year, are the moſt vvindy and tempeſtuous, the moſt unſettled and unequable of Seaſons in moſt Countries of the VVorld.}}
• Result:
  • 1692 December 15, Richard Bentley, A Confutation of Atheism from the Origin and Frame of the World. The Third and Last Part. , London: H Mortlock , published 1693, →OCLC, pages 25–26:

    [T]he Months of March and September, the tvvo Æquinoxes of Our year, are the moſt vvindy and tempeſtuous, the moſt unſettled and unequable of Seaſons in moſt Countries of the VVorld.