Template:RQ:Thomson Works/documentation

Usage

This template may be used in Wiktionary entries to format quotations from a collection of James Thomson's works called The Works of James Thomson (1st edition, 1750, 4 volumes; 1762 edition, 2 volumes). It can be used to create a link to online versions of the work at Google Books:

• 1st edition (1750):
  • Volume I (The Seasons; archived at the Internet Archive).
  • Volume II (Liberty, The Castle of Indolence, and Poems on Several Occasions; archived at the Internet Archive).
  • Volume III (Sophonisba, Agamemnon, and Alfred; archived at the Internet Archive).
  • Volume IV (Edward and Eleonora, Tancred and Sigismunda, and Coriolanus; archived at the Internet Archive).
• 1762 edition:
  • Volume I (contents; with "An Account of the Life and Writings of Mr. James Thomson" by Patrick Murdoch; archived at the Internet Archive).
  • Volume II (contents; archived at the Internet Archive).

If a specific quotation template is available for a particular work (for example, {{RQ:Thomson Seasons}}), use that template in preference to this one.

Parameters

The template takes the following parameters:

• |year= – mandatory in some cases: if quoting from the 1762 edition, specify |year=1762.
• |1= or |volume= – mandatory: the volume number quoted from in uppercase Roman numerals; in the 1st edition (1750) from |volume=I to |volume=IV, and in the 1762 edition either |volume=I or |volume=II.
• |2=, |chapter=, or |title= – mandatory: the chapter name or title of the specific work quoted from. If quoting from one of the titles indicated in the second column of the following table, give the parameter the value indicated in the first column:

The Works of James Thomson

Parameter value	Result	First page number
		1st edition (1750)	1762 edition
Life	An Account of the Life and Writings of Mr. James Thomson (by Patrick Murdoch)	—	volume I, page i
Agamemnon	Agamemnon. A Tragedy. (1738) Where possible, use {{RQ:Thomson Agamemnon}}.	volume III, page 107	volume II, page 105
The Castle of Indolence	The Castle of Indolence (1748) Where possible, use {{RQ:Thomson Castle of Indolence}}	volume II, page 137	volume I, page 392
Liberty, a Poem
Where possible, use {{RQ:Thomson Liberty}}.
Liberty 1	Antient and Modern Italy Compared: Being the First Part of Liberty, a Poem (1735)	volume II, page 23	volume I, page 231
Liberty 2	Greece: Being the Second Part of Liberty, a Poem (1735)	volume II, page 49	volume I, page 253
Liberty 3	Rome: Being the Third Part of Liberty, a Poem (1735) (In the 1st edition of the current work this is called "Britain", but the text differs from both "Rome" and "Britain" in the 1st edition of Liberty (1735; see {{RQ:Thomson Liberty}}) and the 1762 edition of the current work. It is suggested you do not quote from this version.)	volume II, page 69	volume I, page 275
Liberty 4	Britain: Being the Fourth Part of Liberty, a Poem (1736)	—	volume I, page 299
Liberty 5	The Prospect: Being the Fifth Part of Liberty, a Poem (1736)	—	volume I, page 347
The Seasons
Spring	The Seasons. Spring. (1728) Where possible, use {{RQ:Thomson Spring}}.	volume I, page 3	volume I, page 1
Summer	The Seasons. Summer. (1727) Where possible, use {{RQ:Thomson Summer}}.	volume I, page 53	volume I, page 43
Autumn	The Seasons. Autumn. (1730) Where possible, use {{RQ:Thomson Autumn}}.	volume I, page 127	volume I, page 110
Winter	The Seasons. Winter. (1726) Where possible, use {{RQ:Thomson Winter}}.	volume I, page 183	volume I, page 160

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• |section= – a section that a work is subdivided into, for example: |section=canto I, |section=Act I, scene i, or |section=stanza 1.
• |3= or |page=, or |pages= – mandatory in some cases: the page number(s) quoted from in Arabic or lowercase Roman numerals, as the case may be. 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 or |pages=x–xi.
  • 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 link to an online version of the work.

• |line= or |lines= – the line number(s) of the passage quoted.
• |4=, |text=, or |passage= – the passage to be quoted.
• |footer= – a comment about 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 (1750)

• Wikitext:
  • {{RQ:Thomson Works|volume=II|title=Ode|section=stanza III|page=220|passage=Oh! if thou '''hover'ſt''' round my vvalk, / VVhile, under ev'ry vvell-knovvn tree, / I to thy fancy'd ſhadovv talk, / And every tear is full of thee.}}; or
  • {{RQ:Thomson Works|II|Ode|section=stanza III|220|Oh! if thou '''hover'ſt''' round my vvalk, / VVhile, under ev'ry vvell-knovvn tree, / I to thy fancy'd ſhadovv talk, / And every tear is full of thee.}}
• Result:
  • a. 1749 (date written), James Thomson, “Ode”, in [George Lyttelton, 1st Baron Lyttelton], editor, The Works of James Thomson. […], volume II, London: […] A[ndrew] Millar, […], published 1750, →OCLC, stanza III, page 220:

    Oh! if thou hover'ſt round my vvalk, / VVhile, under ev'ry vvell-knovvn tree, / I to thy fancy'd ſhadovv talk, / And every tear is full of thee.

1762 edition

• Wikitext: {{RQ:Thomson Works|year=1762|volume=I|title=Spring|page=3|passage=Come, gentle {{smallcaps|Spring}}, '''ethereal''' Mildneſs, come, / And from the boſom of yon dropping cloud, / VVhile muſic vvakes around, veil'd in a ſhovver / Of ſhadovving roſes, on our plains deſcend.}}
• Result:
  • 1728, James Thomson, “The Seasons. Spring.”, in [George Lyttelton, 1st Baron Lyttelton], editor, The Works of James Thomson, […], volume I, London: […] A[ndrew] Millar, […], published 1762, →OCLC, page 3:

    Come, gentle Spring, ethereal Mildneſs, come, / And from the boſom of yon dropping cloud, / VVhile muſic vvakes around, veil'd in a ſhovver / Of ſhadovving roſes, on our plains deſcend.

• Wikitext: {{RQ:Thomson Works|year=1762|volume=I|title=Life|page=i|passage=It is commonly ſaid, that the life of a good vvriter is beſt read in his vvorks; vvhich can ſcarce fail to receive a peculiar '''tincture''' from his temper, manners, and habits: {{...}}}}
• Result:
  • 1763, Patrick Murdoch, “An Account of the Life and Writings of Mr James Thomson”, in James Thomson, edited by [George Lyttelton, 1st Baron Lyttelton], The Works of James Thomson, […], volume I, London: […] A[ndrew] Millar, […], published 1762, →OCLC, page i:

    It is commonly ſaid, that the life of a good vvriter is beſt read in his vvorks; vvhich can ſcarce fail to receive a peculiar tincture from his temper, manners, and habits: […]