know by rote
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This is such a deeply felt reading of a song so many of us know by rote: Simone’s particular phrasing cracks it open and makes you feel like you’re hearing George Harrison’s words anew.
From New York Times ● Mar. 28, 2023
Let me peruse it, till I know by rote Each line of it, like music, note by note; Raise thy long lashes, Lady; smile again: These studies profit me.
From Fifty Contemporary One-Act Plays by Various
In the manner of a priest the buccaneer intoned a chapter of Holy Writ which he appeared to know by rote.
From Blackbeard: Buccaneer by Frank Earle Schoonover
Let me peruse it, till I know by rote Each line of it, like music, note by note; Raise thy long lashes, Lady! smile again: These studies profit me.
From One-Act Plays By Modern Authors by Various
To know by rote is no knowledge; it is only a retention of what is intrusted to the memory.
From Pearls of Thought by Maturin Murray Ballou
