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
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
She was quite pleased when she found that in this exercise of memory she was doing quite as well as any of the new scholars, and better than four or five of them could do.
From Ruby at School by Paull, Minnie E.
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
In this exercise of memory Miss Damer particularly excelled; the most difficult sermon she could transcribe almost word for word.
From The Boarding School Familiar conversations between a governess and her pupils. Written for the amusement and instruction of young ladies. by Unknown
