This template may be used in Wiktionary entries to format quotations from a collection of Richard Cumberland's works entitled The Posthumous Dramatick Works of the Late Richard Cumberland, Esq. (1st edition, 1813, 2 volumes). It can be used to create a link to online versions of the work at the Internet Archive:
Chapter or play | First page number |
---|---|
Volume I | |
Advertisement to the Reader (by the editor Frances Marianne Jansen, Cumberland's daughter); written 1 June 1813) | page i |
The Sybil, or The Elder Brutus, a Tragedy | page 1 |
The Walloons. A Comedy. (first performed 20 April 1782) | page 71 |
The Confession. | page 155 |
The Passive Husband. A Comedy. (first performed 1798) | page 227 |
Torrendal. A Tragedy. | page 303 |
Lovers Resolutions (first performed 1802) | page 373 |
Volume II | |
Alcanor. A Tragedy. (first performed 1785) | page 1 |
The Eccentric Lover. A Comedy. (first performed 30 April 1798) | page 61 |
Tiberius in Capreæ | page 131 |
The Last of the Family. A Comedy. (first performed 8 May 1797) | page 195 |
Don Pedro. (first performed 23 July 1796) | page 273 |
The False Demetrius | page 345 |
The template takes the following parameters:
|1=
or |volume=
– mandatory: the volume number quoted from in uppercase Roman numerals, either |volume=I
to |volume=II
.|scene=
– if a play is divided into scenes, the scene number quoted from in lowercase Roman numerals.|2=
or |page=
, or |pages=
– mandatory: the page number(s) quoted from in Arabic or lowercase Roman numerals. When quoting a range of pages, note the following:
|pages=10–11
or |pages=i–ii
.|pageref=
to specify the page number that the template should link to (usually the page on which the Wiktionary entry appears).|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.{{RQ:Cumberland Posthumous Works|volume=II|scene=|page=237|passage=In one word then, unless I could unfold the mystery, I will not wish you to consider me but as the '''last''' and lowest of mankind.}}
; or{{RQ:Cumberland Posthumous Works|II|scene=|237|In one word then, unless I could unfold the mystery, I will not wish you to consider me but as the '''last''' and lowest of mankind.}}
{{RQ:Cumberland Posthumous Works|volume=I|pages=38–39|pageref=39|passage=If, in dishonour of my great design, / Mine and thy fame thou damn'st at this great hour / With any boyish weakness—if thou '''waverest'''— / By all the Gods!}}
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