Template:RQ:Robert Browning Ring and Book

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This template may be used in Wiktionary entries to format quotations from Robert Browning's work The Ring and the Book (1st edition, 1868–1869, 4 volumes). It can be used to create a link to online versions of the work at the Internet Archive:

• Volume I.
• Volume II.
• Volume III.
• Volume IV.

The template takes the following parameters:

• |1= or |volume= – mandatory: the volume number quoted from in uppercase Roman numerals, from |volume=I to |volume=IV.
• |2= 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 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 book (I–XII) quoted from, and to link to the online version of the work.

• |line= or |lines= – the line number(s) quoted from. If quoting a range of numbers, separate the first and last numbers of the range with an en dash, like this: |lines=10–11.
• |3=, |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:Robert Browning Ring and Book|volume=I|lines=898–903|page=47|passage=he old ], at his fountain-sport, / ]'s creature plated to the paps, / Puffs up steel sleet which breaks to diamond dust, / A spray of sparkles snorted from his conch, / High over the caritellas, out o' the way / O' the motley '''merchandizing''' multitude.}}; or
  • {{RQ:Robert Browning Ring and Book|I|lines=898–903|47|he old ], at his fountain-sport, / ]'s creature plated to the paps, / Puffs up steel sleet which breaks to diamond dust, / A spray of sparkles snorted from his conch, / High over the caritellas, out o' the way / O' the motley '''merchandizing''' multitude.}}
• Result:
  • 1868, Robert Browning, “I. The Ring and the Book.”, in The Ring and the Book. , volume I, London: Smith, Elder and Co., →OCLC, page 47, lines 898–903:

    [T]he old Triton, at his fountain-sport, / Bernini's creature plated to the paps, / Puffs up steel sleet which breaks to diamond dust, / A spray of sparkles snorted from his conch, / High over the caritellas, out o' the way / O' the motley merchandizing multitude.

• Wikitext: {{RQ:Robert Browning Ring and Book|volume=II|lines=723–727|pages=103–104|pageref=104|passage=My lords have chosen the happier part with ] / And neither marry nor burn,—yet '''priestliness''' / Can find a parallel to the marriage-bond / In its own blessed special ordinance / Whereof indeed was marriage made the type: {{...}}}}
• Result:
  • 1868, Robert Browning, “V. Count Guido Franceschini.”, in The Ring and the Book. , volume II, London: Smith, Elder and Co., →OCLC, pages 103–104, lines 723–727:

    My lords have chosen the happier part with Paul / And neither marry nor burn,—yet priestliness / Can find a parallel to the marriage-bond / In its own blessed special ordinance / Whereof indeed was marriage made the type: […]