learning by heart
Example Sentences
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It is not so much the performances themselves, great as the strain of these actually is, but the constant, never-ceasing learning by heart, and the drag of continuous rehearsing.
From Confessions of an Opera Singer by Howard, Kathleen
These two things make it difficult to use this absorbing field of poetry as subject-matter for learning by heart.
From Literature for Children by Lowe, Orton
I certainly believe in learning by heart, and I am grateful for having learned many dates at school; most of them are forgotten, but enough to be of some use are retained.
From Rustic Sounds and Other Studies in Literature and Natural History by Darwin, Francis, Sir
She left off reading Maeterlinck, borrowed books on farming from Axel, and eagerly studied them, learning by heart before breakfast long pages concerning the peculiarities of her two chief products, potatoes and pigs.
From The Benefactress by Elizabeth
This facility of learning by heart, and the habit of dreamy recitation, made me very familiar with the Bible and very apt with its phrases.
From Annie Besant An Autobiography by Besant, Annie Wood
