exercise of memory

Example Sentences

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To perform them in a single staged performance is an exercise of memory and sheer will.

From New York Times • Apr. 27, 2023

They, no doubt, injured those who accepted the husks they proffered for bread, and believed that exercise of memory was study, and to know what others knew, was the object of study.

From Memoirs of Margaret Fuller Ossoli, Volume I by Fuller, Margaret

Many of these women became learned by the exercise of memory alone, for they had no books.

From Memories of Jane Cunningham Croly, "Jenny June" by Various

My father never permitted anything which I learnt to degenerate into a mere exercise of memory.

From Autobiography by Mill, John Stuart

She had actually found herself the day before, more as a humorous exercise of memory than for any other reason, jotting them down in her diary.

From Name and Fame A Novel by Sergeant, Adeline