Template:RQ:Orwell Aspidistra

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This template may be used in Wiktionary entries to format quotations from George Orwell's work Keep the Aspidistra Flying (1st edition, 1936; and uniform edition, 1954). It can be used to create a link to online versions of the work at the Internet Archive:

• 1st edition (1936) .
• Uniform edition (1954).

The template takes the following parameters:

• |edition= – mandatory in some cases: if quoting from the uniform edition (1954), specify |edition=uniform. If this parameter is omitted, the template defaults to the 1st edition (1936).
• |chapter= – the chapter number quoted from in uppercase Roman numerals. This parameter may be omitted if the page number is specified.
• |1= or |page=, or |pages= – mandatory in some cases: the page number(s) quoted from. If quoting a range of pages, note the following:
  • Separate the first and last page number 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 chapter number (I–XII) quoted from, and to link to the online version of the work.

• |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.

Uniform edition (1954)

• Wikitext:
  • {{RQ:Orwell Aspidistra|edition=uniform|page=176|passage=He felt horribly ashamed. He would have liked to throw himself on his knees beside her, put his arms round her, and ask her pardon. But he could do nothing of the kind; the scene had left him '''lumpish''' and awkward.}}; or
  • {{RQ:Orwell Aspidistra|edition=uniform|176|He felt horribly ashamed. He would have liked to throw himself on his knees beside her, put his arms round her, and ask her pardon. But he could do nothing of the kind; the scene had left him '''lumpish''' and awkward.}}
• Result:
  • 1936 April 20, George Orwell [pseudonym; Eric Arthur Blair], chapter VII, in Keep the Aspidistra Flying, uniform edition, London: Secker & Warburg, published 1954, →OCLC, page 176:

    He felt horribly ashamed. He would have liked to throw himself on his knees beside her, put his arms round her, and ask her pardon. But he could do nothing of the kind; the scene had left him lumpish and awkward.