And then those horrid bangs upon the counter-always coming when least expected, and going off like cannon shots in his ears; and the Gesticulatory flourishes, and the falsetto notes when more than usually excited, and, above all, the unceasing flow of invective and persuasion-an unintermittent shower-bath of the best advice, powerful enough to swamp a congregation.
"Mattie:--A Stray (Vol 3 of 3)"
Frederick William Robinson
But when a distinguished member and ornament of the chosen seats above blew cold upon their Gesticulatory devotee, and was besides ungrateful; she was more than commonly assured of his being, as she called him, "a sphinx."
"The Complete Project Gutenberg Works of George Meredith"
George Meredith
Slapping his thigh with the Gesticulatory vehemence of a Ugo Foscolo, that gentleman exclaimed,- "I 'as it,-I 'as thought of a tutor for leetle Paul!"
"Paul Clifford, Volume 1."
Edward Bulwer-Lytton