He is very much embarrassed about the arms, as if they were inconvenient to him and he wanted to grovel, is very much in a perspiration about the head, and never speaks without first putting up his great hand, as delivering a token to his hearers that he is going to edify them.

He is in a perspiration about the head, and never speaks without first putting up his great hand, signalling to his hearers that he is going to edify them.
