Template:RQ:Evelyn Memoirs

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This template may be used in Wiktionary entries to format quotations from the diary of John Evelyn, published under the title Memoirs, Illustrative of the Life and Writings of John Evelyn (1st edition, 1819, 2 volumes). It can be used to create a link to online versions of the work at the Internet Archive:

• Volume I.
• Volume II.

The template takes the following parameters:

• |1= or |volume= – mandatory: the volume number quoted from in uppercase Roman numerals, either |volume=I or |volume=II.
• |2=, |date=, or |entrydate=; or (|month= and) |year= –
  • If quoting from the diary, use |2= or |entrydate= to specify the date of the diary entry, like this: |entrydate=21 October 1632 or |entrydate=October 21, 1632. If only the month and year, or year alone, is known, use |month= and/or |year= to specify this information.
  • If quoting from a letter, use |date= to specify the date of the letter.
• |chapter= – if quoting from a part of the work other than the diary, use this parameter to specify the name of the chapter.
• |part= – mandatory in some cases: volume II is divided into two parts. Use this parameter to specify which part of the work is quoted from in uppercase Roman numerals, either |part=I or |part=II.

• |3= 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).

This parameter must be specified to have the template link to the online version of the work.

• |4=, |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:Evelyn Memoirs|volume=I|entrydate=24 January 1651|page=249|passage=I went to see a '''Dromedarie''', a very monstrous beaste, much like the Camel but larger.}}; or
  • {{RQ:Evelyn Memoirs|I|24 January 1651|249|I went to see a '''Dromedarie''', a very monstrous beaste, much like the Camel but larger.}}
• Result:
  • 1651 February 3 (Gregorian calendar), John Evelyn, “”, in William Bray, editor, Memoirs, Illustrative of the Life and Writings of John Evelyn, , 2nd edition, volume I, London: Henry Colburn, ; and sold by John and Arthur Arch, , published 1819, →OCLC, page 249:

    I went to see a Dromedarie, a very monstrous beaste, much like the Camel but larger.

• Wikitext: {{RQ:Evelyn Memoirs|volume=II|part=I|chapter= To {{w|Abraham Cowley}}, Esq.|date=12 March 1667|page=175|passage=Or can he desire a nobler or a fuller Argument either for the softest Aires or the loudest Echoes, for the smoothest or briskest '''strokes''' of his Pindaric Lyre?}}
• Result:
  • 1667 March 22 (Gregorian calendar), John Evelyn, “[Epistolary Correspondence.] To Abraham Cowley, Esq.”, in William Bray, editor, Memoirs, Illustrative of the Life and Writings of John Evelyn, , 2nd edition, volume II, London: Henry Colburn, ; and sold by John and Arthur Arch, , published 1819, →OCLC, part I, page 175:

    Or can he desire a nobler or a fuller Argument either for the softest Aires or the loudest Echoes, for the smoothest or briskest strokes of his Pindaric Lyre?