Template:RQ:Dryden Absalom

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This template may be used in Wiktionary entries to format quotations from John Dryden's work Absalom and Achitophel (3rd edition, 1682), and Nahum Tate and Dryden's work The Second Part of Absalom and Achitophel (2nd edition, 1682); the 1st editions of these works (First Part, London: Printed for J T; sold by W. Davis, 1681, →OCLC; Second Part, London: Printed for Jacob Tonson, 1682, →OCLC) are not currently available online. The template may be used to create a link to online versions of the work at Google Books:

• Absalom and Achitophel (3rd edition, 1682) by John Dryden (archived at the Internet Archive).
• The Second Part of Absalom and Achitophel (2nd edition, 1682) by Nahum Tate and John Dryden (archived at the Internet Archive).

The template takes the following parameters:

• |part= – mandatory in some cases: if quoting from the Second Part, specify |part=2.
• |chapter= – the name of a chapter or part of the work other than the poem, for example, |chapter=To the Reader.
• |url= – if quoting from an unpaginated part of the work, use this parameter to manually specify the URL of the webpage to be linked to, like this: |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=OUBoAAAAcAAJ&pg=PP5.
• |1= or |page=, or |pages= – mandatory in some cases: the page or range of pages quoted from. If quoting a range of pages, note the following:
  • Separate the first and last page numbers 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 to link to an online version of the work.

• |2=, |text=, or |passage= – the passage to be 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.

First Part

• Wikitext:
  • {{RQ:Dryden Absalom|page=16|passage=During his Office, Treaſon vvas no Crime. / The Sons of '']'' had a '''Glorious''' Time: / For ''{{w|Shimei}}'', though not prodigal of pelf, / Yet lov'd his vvicked Neighbour as himſelf.}}; or
  • {{RQ:Dryden Absalom|16|During his Office, Treaſon vvas no Crime. / The Sons of '']'' had a '''Glorious''' Time: / For ''{{w|Shimei}}'', though not prodigal of pelf, / Yet lov'd his vvicked Neighbour as himſelf.}}
• Result:
  • 1681, [John Dryden], Absalom and Achitophel. A Poem. , 3rd edition, London: J T and are to be sold by W. Davis , published 1682, →OCLC, page 16:

    During his Office, Treaſon vvas no Crime. / The Sons of Belial had a Glorious Time: / For Shimei, though not prodigal of pelf, / Yet lov'd his vvicked Neighbour as himſelf.

• Wikitext: {{RQ:Dryden Absalom|chapter=To the Reader|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=OUBoAAAAcAAJ&pg=PP5|passage=And novv, if you are a Malicious ''Reader'', I expect you ſhould '''return''' upon me, that I affect to be thought more Impartial than I am.}}
• Result:
  • 1681, [John Dryden], “To the Reader”, in Absalom and Achitophel. A Poem. , 3rd edition, London: J T and are to be sold by W. Davis , published 1682, →OCLC:

    And novv, if you are a Malicious Reader, I expect you ſhould return upon me, that I affect to be thought more Impartial than I am.

Second Part

• Wikitext: {{RQ:Dryden Absalom|part=2|page=13|passage= haſten ''Og'' and ''Doeg'' to rehearſe, / Tvvo Fools that '''Crutch''' their Feeble Senſe on Verſe; / VVho by my Muſe to all ſucceeding times, / Shall live in ſpight of their ovvn Dogrell Rhimes.}}
• Result:
  • 1682, [Nahum Tate; John Dryden], The Second Part of Absalom and Achitophel. A Poem. , 2nd edition, London: Jacob Tonson, , →OCLC, page 13:

    [I'll] haſten Og and Doeg to rehearſe, / Tvvo Fools that Crutch their Feeble Senſe on Verſe; / VVho by my Muſe to all ſucceeding times, / Shall live in ſpight of their ovvn Dogrell Rhimes.