fix a limit

Example Sentences

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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

I think if you fix a limit you should stick to it.

From Prince Fortunatus by Black, William

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

Neither can we set a limit to it, for wherever we fix a limit, space is springing up beyond.

From Theaetetus by Jowett, Benjamin

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