Template:RQ:Dryden Pastorals

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This template may be used in Wiktionary entries to format quotations from Virgil's Pastorals (or Eclogues) as they appear in John Dryden's work The Works of Virgil (1st edition, 1697). The template can be used to create a link to an online version of the work at Google Books (archived at the Internet Archive).

The template takes the following parameters:

• |1= 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 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 determine the pastoral or eclogue quoted from, and to link to the online version of the work.

• |line= or |lines= – the line number(s) quoted. If quoting a range of lines, separate the first and last line numbers of the range with an en dash.
• |2=, |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:Dryden Pastorals|lines=65–68|page=28|passage=The Cries of ''{{w|Argonauts}}'' for ''{{w|Hylas}}'' drovvn'd, / VVith vvhoſe repeated Name the Shoars '''reſound''', / Then mourns the madneſs of the ''Cretan'' Queen; / Happy for her if Herds had never been.}}; or
  • {{RQ:Dryden Pastorals|lines=65–68|28|The Cries of ''{{w|Argonauts}}'' for ''{{w|Hylas}}'' drovvn'd, / VVith vvhoſe repeated Name the Shoars '''reſound''', / Then mourns the madneſs of the ''Cretan'' Queen; / Happy for her if Herds had never been.}}
• Result:
  • 1697, Virgil, “The Sixth Pastoral. Or, Silenus.”, in John Dryden, transl., The Works of Virgil: Containing His Pastorals, Georgics, and Æneis. , London: Jacob Tonson, , →OCLC, page 28, lines 65–68:

    The Cries of Argonauts for Hylas drovvn'd, / VVith vvhoſe repeated Name the Shoars reſound, / Then mourns the madneſs of the Cretan Queen; / Happy for her if Herds had never been.

This template relies on {{RQ:Dryden Virgil}}.