learning by heart

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Many schools realise, too, that learning by heart and, in general, memorising from books are not the only means of storing the mind of a child.

From Essays on Education and Kindred Subjects Everyman's Library by Spencer, Herbert

Of course, this learning by heart is carried on under a strict discipline; it is, in fact, considered as a sacred duty.

From India: What can it teach us? A Course of Lectures Delivered before the University Of Cambridge by Wilder, Alexander

She was learning by heart her scene from Shakespeare, when her mother suddenly put her head in at the door and said, "Diphtheria!"

From Countess Erika's Apprenticeship by Schubin, Ossip

I slaved at my repertoire working three hours a week with a coach, and spending hours and hours a day learning by heart at home.

From Confessions of an Opera Singer by Howard, Kathleen

As a boy he showed an extraordinary fondness for collecting and learning by heart the legends and old-time ballads which were current in that part of Scotland where he was born.

From The Scrap Book, Volume 1, No. 4 June 1906 by Various