This template may be used on Wiktionary entry pages to quote Herman Melville's work Mardi (1st edition, 1849, 2 volumes). It can be used to create a link to online versions of the work at the Internet Archive:
The template takes the following parameters:
|1=
or |volume=
– mandatory: the volume number quoted from, either |volume=I
or |volume=II
.|2=
or |chapter=
– the name of the chapter quoted from.|3=
or |page=
, or |pages=
– mandatory in some cases: the page number(s) quoted from. When quoting a range of pages, note the following:
|pages=110–111
.|pageref=
to specify the page number that the template should link to (usually the page on which the Wiktionary entry appears).|4=
, |text=
, or |passage=
– a passage to be quoted from the work.|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:Melville Mardi|volume=II|chapter=They Visit One Doxodox|page=279|passage=But I beseech thee, wise Doxodox! instruct me in thy dialectics, that I may embrace thy more '''recondite''' lore.}}
; or{{RQ:Melville Mardi|II|They Visit One Doxodox|279|But I beseech thee, wise Doxodox! instruct me in thy dialectics, that I may embrace thy more '''recondite''' lore.}}
{{RQ:Melville Mardi|volume=I|chapter=Taji Takes Counsel with Himself|pages=208–209|pageref=209|passage=So then, weighing all things well, and myself severely, I resolved to follow my Mentor's wise counsel; neither arrogating aught, nor '''abating''' of just dues; but circulating freely, sociably, and frankly, among the gods, heroes, high-priests, kings, and gentlemen, that made up the principalities of Mardi.}}
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