Template:RQ:Fielding Tom Thumb
1730 May 5 (first performance; Gregorian calendar), Henry Fielding, Tom Thumb. A Tragedy. […], London: […] J. Roberts […], published 1730, →OCLC, (please specify the page):
- The following documentation is located at Template:RQ:Fielding Tom Thumb/documentation. [edit]
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Usage
[edit]This template may be used in Wiktionary entries to format quotations from Henry Fielding's work Tom Thumb. A Tragedy. (1st edition, 1730). It may be used to create a link to an online version of the work at Google Books (archived at the Internet Archive).
Parameters
[edit]The template takes the following parameters:
|1=or|scene=– mandatory: the scene number quoted from in lowercase Roman numerals.|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).
- Separate the first and last page number of the range with an en dash, like this:
- This parameter must be specified to have the template determine the act number (I or II) quoted from, and to link to the online version of the work.
| Act I pages 1–7 |
Act II pages 8–16 |
|3=,|text=, or|passage=– the passage to be quoted.|footer=– a comment on the passage quoted.|brackets=– use|brackets=onto 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.
Examples
[edit]- Wikitext:
{{RQ:Fielding Tom Thumb|scene=i|page=1|passage=Sure, ſuch a Day as this vvas never ſeen! / The Sun himſelf, on this '''auſpicious''' Day, / Shines like a Beau in a nevv Birth-Day Suit: {{...}}}}; or{{RQ:Fielding Tom Thumb|i|1|Sure, ſuch a Day as this vvas never ſeen! / The Sun himſelf, on this '''auſpicious''' Day, / Shines like a Beau in a nevv Birth-Day Suit: {{...}}}}
- Result:
- 1730 May 5 (first performance; Gregorian calendar), Henry Fielding, Tom Thumb. A Tragedy. […], London: […] J. Roberts […], published 1730, →OCLC, Act I, scene i, page 1:
- Sure, ſuch a Day as this vvas never ſeen! / The Sun himſelf, on this auſpicious Day, / Shines like a Beau in a nevv Birth-Day Suit: […]
- Wikitext:
{{RQ:Fielding Tom Thumb|scene=VI|pages=6–7|pageref=7|passage=For vvhat's a VVoman, vvhen her Virtue's gone? / A Coat vvithout its Lace; VVig out of '''Buckle'''; / A Stocking vvith a Hole in't.}} - Result:
- 1730 May 5 (first performance; Gregorian calendar), Henry Fielding, Tom Thumb. A Tragedy. […], London: […] J. Roberts […], published 1730, →OCLC, Act I, scene iv, pages 6–7:
- For vvhat's a VVoman, vvhen her Virtue's gone? / A Coat vvithout its Lace; VVig out of Buckle; / A Stocking vvith a Hole in't.
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