fix a limit
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They were considered as exempt from the common frailties of schoolboy nature: no one ventured to fix a limit to their power.
From Guy Livingstone; or, 'Thorough' by George A. (George Alfred) Lawrence
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 Goold Brown
"I think it is not your duty to fix a limit in that way," said Deronda.
From Daniel Deronda by George Eliot
As well fix a limit of ninety hours!
From The Iron Furrow by Henry A. Botkin
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 Wilkie Collins
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