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He is in the right to put the Aſteriſks, not the Words into the text; becauſe They do indeed give us [notice, that there is in Them] as much additional meaning, as there would be in thoſe words which they ſo properly repreſent.

They came into the tournament highly ranked, but with a little bit of an asterisk as their last two wins had been unconvincing.