fix a limit
Example Sentences
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But we fix a limit when we close our souls to further experiences by the practical denial that they exist.
From Our Lady Saint Mary by J. G. H. Barry
Who can fix a limit to the intelligence or the achievements of our species?
From Caesar's Column by Ignatius Donnelly
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 Sir John George Bourinot
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 Mamie Dickens
Ander's voice still failed him and did not improve, and no doctor was prepared to fix a limit to his malady.
From My Life — Volume 2 by Richard Wagner