fix a limit

Example Sentences

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We find it as vain to foresee a cause as to fix a limit for the arbitrary inconsistencies in the dispositions of mankind.

From Antonina by Collins, Wilkie

I don't at all desire to fix a limit to the series of old stories retold.

From The Letters of Charles Dickens Vol. 2, 1857-1870 by Dickens, Mamie

Here there is no ancient system of social exclusiveness to fix a limit to the intellectual progress of the proletariat.

From The Intellectual Development of the Canadian People by Bourinot, John George, Sir

"I think it is not your duty to fix a limit in that way," said Deronda.

From Daniel Deronda by Eliot, George

Nor is there any superlation which can fix a limit to the idea of more and more in infinitude.

From The Grammar of English Grammars by Brown, Goold