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

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)

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

Under the head of Occupation of Mind I have referred to the exercise of memory in younger people as representing an excellent form of mental diversion.

From Psychotherapy by Walsh, James J. (James Joseph)