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
It is true that man unconsciously, that is, without deliberation, not only animates external things and their specific types, but he also, by an exercise of memory, animates the psychical image of these special perceptions.
From Myth and Science An Essay by Vignoli, Tito
But the truth is, that the sciences afford far wider fields for the exercise of memory.
From Essays on Education and Kindred Subjects Everyman's Library by Spencer, Herbert
In this exercise of memory Miss Damer particularly excelled; the most difficult sermon she could transcribe almost word for word.
From The Boarding School Familiar conversations between a governess and her pupils. Written for the amusement and instruction of young ladies. by Unknown
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
