fix a limit

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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

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

Where property has been clothed with the public interest, the legislature may fix a limit to that which shall in law be reasonable for its use.

From The Railroad Question A historical and practical treatise on railroads, and remedies for their abuses by Larrabee, William

Lord Kitchener: If you could fix a limit it would clear up the matter.

From The peace negotiations between the governments of the South African Republic and the Orange Free State, and the representatives of the British government, which terminated in the peace concluded at Vereeniging on the 31st May, 1902 by Velden, D. E. van

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

From Theaetetus by Jowett, Benjamin