"Asterisk" Quotes from Famous Books
 ... an asterisk * are those for which proper Collects, Epistles, and Gospels are canonically sanctioned ...
— The Book of Common Prayer - and The Scottish Liturgy • Church of England
... might be taken up from the Starre Judaeorum, who, being the great brokers for money, accepted and allowed money of that allay for current payment of their stars or obligations; others from the impression of a starling, or an asterisk upon the coin. Pur ceo que le form d'un Stare, dont le diminutive est Sterling, fuit impressit on stamp sur ceo. Auters pur ceo que le primer de cest Standard fuit coyn en le Castle de Sterlin ...
— Notes & Queries, No. 26. Saturday, April 27, 1850 • Various
... Budgell with him as one of the clerks of his office. Budgell took part with Steele and Addison in writing the Tatler. He was also a contributor to the Spectator and the Guardian,—his papers being marked with an X in the former, and with an asterisk in the latter. He was subsequently made under-secretary to Addison, chief secretary to the lords justices of Ireland, and deputy-clerk of the council, and became a member of the Irish parliament. In 1717, when Addison became principal secretary of state in England, he procured ...
— Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Part 3 - "Brescia" to "Bulgaria" • Various
... symbols are explained at several random points in the text, though not in the introductory section: Those with the figure are first-class houses, with second-class. The asterisk signifies that they are ...
— The South of France--East Half • Charles Bertram Black
... cardboard strips 80 mm.x10 mm., etc., are used. The minus sign prefixed to a reading means that the variable was placed on the side of the fixed line. An X indicates aesthetic dislike—refusal to choose. An asterisk ...
— Harvard Psychological Studies, Volume 1 • Various
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