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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

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

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

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

He specially pleased the worthy citizens by his willingness to play off-hand, without notes, any work which they called for, a feat justly regarded as a stupendous exercise of memory.

From Great Violinists And Pianists by Ferris, George T. (George Titus)




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