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

As well fix a limit of ninety hours!

From The Iron Furrow by Botkin, Henry A.

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

From Prince Fortunatus by Black, William

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

Give a chimpanzee articulate expression and language, and no one could fix a limit to his progress.

From The Minds and Manners of Wild Animals A Book of Personal Observations by Hornaday, William Temple