Template:RQ:Pope Dunciad/documentation

Usage

This template may be used in Wiktionary entries to format quotations from four versions of Alexander Pope's poem The Dunciad: the original three-book version (1st edition, 1728), The Dunciad. With Notes Variorum, and the Prolegomena of Scriblerus (1729), the version in The Works of Dr. Alexander Pope (1735, volume II), and a fourth book called The New Dunciad (1st edition, 1742). It may be used to create a link to online versions of the work at Google Books and the Internet Archive:

• 1st edition (1728; archived at the Internet Archive).
• 1729 version.
• 1735 version.
• Book the Fourth, 1st edition (1742).

Parameters

The template takes the following parameters:

• |year= – mandatory in some cases: to quote from the 1729, 1735, and 1742 versions, use |year=1729, |year=1735, and |year=1742 respectively. If this parameter is not specified, the template defaults to the 1728 version.
• |book= – for the 1728, 1729, and 1735 versions, specify the book number quoted from in Arabic numerals, either |book=1, |book=2, or |book=3. If quoting from the 1742 version, "Book the Fourth" is automatically displayed. It is not necessary to use this parameter if the page number is specified.
• |1= or |page=, or |pages= – mandatory: the page or range of pages 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 for the template to determine the book (1st–3rd) quoted from for the 1728, 1729, and 1735 versions, and to link to an online version of the work.

• |line= or |lines= – the line number(s) quoted from. If quoting a range of lines, separate the first and last line number of the range with an en dash.
• |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.

Examples

1st edition, 1728

• Wikitext:
  • {{RQ:Pope Dunciad|page=13|passage=A paſt, '''vamp'd''', future, old, reviv'd, nevv piece, / 'Tvvixt ''{{w|Plautus}}'', ''[[w:John Fletcher (playvvright)|Fletcher]]'', ''[[w:William Congreve|Congreve]]'', and ''[[w:Pierre Corneille|Corneille]]'', / Can make a ''C——r'', ''Jo——n'', or ''O——ll''.}}; or
  • {{RQ:Pope Dunciad|13|A paſt, '''vamp'd''', future, old, reviv'd, nevv piece, / 'Tvvixt ''{{w|Plautus}}'', ''[[w:John Fletcher (playvvright)|Fletcher]]'', ''[[w:William Congreve|Congreve]]'', and ''[[w:Pierre Corneille|Corneille]]'', / Can make a ''C——r'', ''Jo——n'', or ''O——ll''.}}
• Result:
  • 1728, [Alexander Pope], “Book the First”, in The Dunciad. An Heroic Poem. […], Dublin, London: […] A. Dodd, →OCLC, page 13:

    A paſt, vamp'd, future, old, reviv'd, nevv piece, / 'Tvvixt Plautus, Fletcher, Congreve, and Corneille, / Can make a C——r, Jo——n, or O——ll.

1729 version

• Wikitext: {{RQ:Pope Dunciad|year=1729|pages=169–170|pageref=170|lines=337–338 and 345–346|passage=She comes! the Cloud-compelling povv'r, behold! / VVith night primæval, and vvith Chaos old. / {{...}} / Thus at her felt '''approach''', and ſecret might, / Art after Art goes out, and all is Night.}}
• Result:
  • 1729, [Alexander Pope], “Book the Third”, in The Dunciad. With Notes Variorum, and the Prolegomena of Scriblerus, London: […] Lawton Gilliver […], →OCLC, pages 169–170, lines 337–338 and 345–346:

    She comes! the Cloud-compelling povv'r, behold! / VVith night primæval, and vvith Chaos old. / […] / Thus at her felt approach, and ſecret might, / Art after Art goes out, and all is Night.

1742 version

• Wikitext: {{RQ:Pope Dunciad|year=1742|lines=43–44|page=14|passage=[A] Harlot form ſoft-ſliding by, / VVith mincing ſtep, ſmall voice, and '''languid''' eye; {{...}}}}
• Result:
  • 1742, [Alexander Pope], “Book the Fourth”, in The New Dunciad: As is^[sic] It was Found in the Year 1741. […], Dublin: […] George Faulkner, →OCLC, page 14, lines 43–44:

    [A] Harlot form ſoft-ſliding by, / VVith mincing ſtep, ſmall voice, and languid eye; […]