Possible Clues:

• The alternative to a boy, in a manner of speaking
• Tub-thumped
• Spoke at length - nothing highly thought of
• Said 'Friends, Romans, countrymen ...'
• Was nothing reckoned to have been dealt with, in a manner of speaking (6)
• Spoke like Cicero, but classified zero
• Valued at zero - still made speech
• Soapboxed
• The Edward alternative, in a manner of speaking
• Do it back about the speed, in a manner of speaking