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a. 1833 (date written), Walter Scott, “(please specify the title)”, in The Miscellaneous Prose Works of Sir Walter Scott, Bart., volume (please specify |volume=I to XXVIII), Edinburgh: […] [Ballantyne & Co. for] Robert Cadell; London: Whittaker and Co., published 1834–1843, →OCLC:
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Usage
[edit]This template may be used on Wiktionary entry pages to quote from a collection of Walter Scott's works entitled The Miscellaneous Prose Works of Sir Walter Scott, Bart. (1st edition, 1834–1836, 28 volumes). It can be used to create a link to online versions of the work at the Internet Archive:
Where a specific quotation template for a work exists, use it instead of this template.
Parameters
[edit]The template takes the following parameters:
|1=or|volume=– mandatory: the volume number quoted from in uppercase Roman numerals, from|volume=Ito|volume=XXVIII.|subvolume=– if there is a subvolume number, use this parameter to specify it in uppercase Roman numerals.|2=or|title=– mandatory: the title of the work quoted from. If quoting from one of the works indicated in the second column of the following table, give the parameter the value indicated in the first column:
| Parameter value | Result | First page number |
|---|---|---|
| Volume I (The Life of John Dryden) | ||
| John Dryden | The Life of John Dryden (2nd edition, 1821) | page 1 |
| Volume II (Memoirs of Jonathan Swift) | ||
| Jonathan Swift | Memoirs of Jonathan Swift, D.D. Dean of St Patrick’s, Dublin (2nd edition, 1824) | page i |
| Volume IV (Biographical Memoirs of Eminent Novelists, and Other Distinguished Persons, volume II) | ||
| John Leyden | John Leyden, M.D. (1811; originally published in the Edinburgh Annual Register, volume IV, part II, page xli) | page 137 |
| Volume XXI (Periodical Criticism, volume V; Miscellaneous, &c.) | ||
| On Landscape Gardening | On Landscape Gardening. [Review of The Planter’s Guide; or, A Practical Essay on the Best Method of Giving Immediate Effect to Wood, by the Removal of Large Trees and Underwood. By Sir Henry Steuart, Bart. Edinburgh, 8vo, 1828. From the Quarterly Review.] (March 1828) | page 77 |
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|article=– if the work quoted from has an article number, the number in uppercase Roman numerals.|3=or|chapter=– the chapter or "section" number quoted from in uppercase Roman numerals, or (preferably) the name of the chapter or "section" in the work quoted from.|section=– a type of section quoted from, the section number, and the name of the section in parentheses.|4=or|page=, or|pages=– mandatory: the page number(s) quoted from in Arabic or lowercase Roman numerals, as the case may be. When quoting a range of pages, note the following:- Separate the first and last pages of the range with an en dash, like this:
|pages=10–11or|pages=x–xi. - You must also use
|pageref=to specify the page number that the template should link to (usually the page on which the Wiktionary entry appears).
- Separate the first and last pages of the range with an en dash, like this:
- You must specify this information to have the template link to an online version of the work.
|5=,|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:Scott Prose Works|volume=I|title=John Dryden|chapter=Section I|page=1|passage=The Life of Dryden may be said to '''comprehend''' a history of the literature of England, and its changes, during nearly half a century.}}; or{{RQ:Scott Prose Works|I|John Dryden|Section I|1|The Life of Dryden may be said to '''comprehend''' a history of the literature of England, and its changes, during nearly half a century.}}
- Result:
- a. 1833 (date written), Walter Scott, “The Life of John Dryden. Section I.”, in The Miscellaneous Prose Works of Sir Walter Scott, Bart., volume I, Edinburgh: […] [Ballantyne & Co. for] Robert Cadell; London: Whittaker and Co., published 1834, →OCLC, page 1:
- The Life of Dryden may be said to comprehend a history of the literature of England, and its changes, during nearly half a century.
- Wikitext:
{{RQ:Scott Prose Works|volume=XXI|article=XV|title=On Landscape Gardening|pages=79–80|pageref=80|passage={{w|Horace Walpole}}, in a short essay, distinguished by his usual accuracy of information, and ornamented by his wit and taste, has traced the history of gardening, in a '''pictural''' sense, from the mere art of horticulture to the creation of scenery of a more general character, extending beyond the narrow limits of the proper garden and orchard.}} - Result:
- 1828 March, Walter Scott, “Article XV. On Landscape Gardening. [Review of The Planter’s Guide; or, A Practical Essay on the Best Method of Giving Immediate Effect to Wood, by the Removal of Large Trees and Underwood. By Sir Henry Steuart, Bart. Edinburgh, 8vo, 1828. From the Quarterly Review.].”, in The Miscellaneous Prose Works of Sir Walter Scott, Bart., volume XXI, Edinburgh: […] [Ballantyne & Co. for] Robert Cadell; London: Whittaker and Co., published 1836, →OCLC, pages 79–80:
- Horace Walpole, in a short essay, distinguished by his usual accuracy of information, and ornamented by his wit and taste, has traced the history of gardening, in a pictural sense, from the mere art of horticulture to the creation of scenery of a more general character, extending beyond the narrow limits of the proper garden and orchard.