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ElementBLOCKQUOTE
Purposelong quoted passage
DescriptionThis element encloses text which is intended to be taken from another source--a long quotation. Note that browsers will not automatically put in quotation marks around the quoted test. Some browsers don't indent quoted text very much; some developers put quotes around the text to make sure the quotation is properly indicated.
Start tagRequired <BLOCKQUOTE>
Attributes
NameTypeDefaultComment
cite CDATA #IMPLIEDUniform Resource Identifier as per RFC2396; a Uniform Resource Locator (URL) is a URI; URI for source document or msg
class CDATA #IMPLIEDspace-separated list of classes
dir( ltr | rtl )#IMPLIEDdirection for weak/neutral text
idID#IMPLIEDdocument-wide unique id
lang NAME #IMPLIEDlanguage code as RFC1766; language code
onclick CDATA #IMPLIEDscript expression; a pointer button was clicked
ondblclick CDATA #IMPLIEDscript expression; a pointer button was double clicked
onkeydown CDATA #IMPLIEDscript expression; a key was pressed down
onkeypress CDATA #IMPLIEDscript expression; a key was pressed and released
onkeyup CDATA #IMPLIEDscript expression; a key was released
onmousedown CDATA #IMPLIEDscript expression; a pointer button was pressed down
onmousemove CDATA #IMPLIEDscript expression; a pointer was moved within
onmouseout CDATA #IMPLIEDscript expression; a pointer was moved away
onmouseover CDATA #IMPLIEDscript expression; a pointer was moved onto
onmouseup CDATA #IMPLIEDscript expression; a pointer button was released
style CDATA #IMPLIEDstyle sheet data; associated style info
title CDATA #IMPLIEDtext; advisory title
Content( P | H1 | H2 | H3 | H4 | H5 | H6 | UL | OL | PRE | DL | DIV | NOSCRIPT | BLOCKQUOTE | FORM | HR | TABLE | FIELDSET | ADDRESS | SCRIPT )+
End tagRequired </BLOCKQUOTE>
Referenced in BLOCKQUOTE BODY BUTTON DD DEL DIV FIELDSET FORM INS LI MAP NOSCRIPT OBJECT TD TH
Example
SourceAppearance
In a critical point in <CITE>The House of Seven Gables</CITE> by Nathaniel Hawthorne, Clifford says:
<BLOCKQUOTE>
<P>Is it a fact--or have I dreamt it--that,
by means of electricity, the world of matter has become a great nerve,
vibrating thousands of miles in a breathless point of time?
</BLOCKQUOTE>
Later in the book, this imagery plays an important role.
In a critical point in The House of Seven Gables by Nathaniel Hawthorne, Clifford says:

Is it a fact--or have I dreamt it--that, by means of electricity, the world of matter has become a great nerve, vibrating thousands of miles in a breathless point of time?

Later in the book, this imagery plays an important role.
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