fix a limit

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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 Barry, J. G. H.

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

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

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 Lawrence, George A. (George Alfred)

Who can fix a limit to the intelligence or the achievements of our species?

From Caesar's Column by Donnelly, Ignatius