To them, to the Greeks, the Egyptians, and the Assyrians, ventriloquism was evidently well known.
Different professors of ventriloquism have given different accounts of the manner in which they succeeded in producing their illusions.
Ventriloquism has been oftener practised than has been known to the listeners.
Ventriloquism is, in truth, the working of a curious problem in acoustics; the art resulting from a careful computation of distances and effects in the science of sound.
Nevertheless, in defiance of these well-known facts, ventriloquism still appears miraculous to the vulgar.
Ventriloquism derives its name from an error of the ancients.
The possibility ofventriloquism was unknown to their limited experience.
Although the ventriloquism was appreciated, the incongruity of this countrified jargon, held in great contempt by the townfolks, discounted Emperor's majesty and he was in ludicrous eclipse.
That ventriloquism may be made thus subservient to the purposes of knavery, will clearly appear by the following anecdotes.
Hebrew or Syriac word for the rites of necromancy, was Ob or Obh, at least whenventriloquism was concerned.
I have very little doubt that amongst the various tricks of ancient divination ventriloquism found a place; but I cannot give that direct evidence which MR.
The only word in that passage which appears to hint at what we call ventriloquism is [Greek: hupophtheggesthai].
Broadly speaking, ventriloquism consists in a close imitation of sound as it falls upon the ear, the ventriloquist effecting this by skilfully modifying the cavity of the mouth in such a way as to give his voice a deceptive character.
In drawing our instructions to a close, let us point out that the proper end and aim of ventriloquism should be not to play the pranks of "Valentine Vox," but to afford our friends innocent amusement.
It is therefore well he should know that persons altogether ignorant of ventriloquism may be wonderfully deceived.
The highest perfection of ventriloquism is speaking with the lips closed, and apparently without an effort of any kind.
Startling, amusing, and instructive exhibition of ventriloquism by that amazing expert, Professor T.
Yes, father, ventriloquism and wax-images and the knave.
It should have been observed, at the beginning of the Abbe's anecdotes, that ventriloquism is the art of vocal deception.
It has already been observed that ventriloquism will be found of great service in making entertainments of parlour magic, clairvoyance, and the like more lively.
But the distinctive character of ventriloquism consists in its imitations being performed by the voice seeming to come from the stomach: hence its name, from venter, the stomach, and loquor, to speak.
The demented murderer in Edgar Huntley gives an impression of mystery and awe that is unusual, while Wieland with its religious mania produced by diabolic ventriloquism is even more impressive.
There is an awe-inspiring use of ventriloquism in Charles Brockden Brown's novel, Wieland, while Arthur Mervyn gives a study in somnambulism.
Sleight of hand, ventriloquism and the advantages of a dark sA(C)ance are not unknown to sorcerers tutored in an old tradition of deceit, and their clients take it for demonstration.
It also has a song of considerable merit, low and varied in tone, with a peculiar ventriloquism in many of the notes which produce a confusing idea on the listener that the bird approaches and recedes alternately whilst uttering them.
It consisted in throwing balls, dancing on the rope, frying pancakes in a hat, causing invisible pigs to squeal, and other like feats of ventriloquism and legerdemain.
And, after all, the ventriloquism was really all you wanted me for, eh?
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "ventriloquism" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
