Success
And Other Sketches (Classic Reprint)

Excerpt from Success: And Other Sketches<br><br>It is not to be thought that gladiators, when they advanced before the imperial loggia, with their "Ave Csar, te morituri," &c., had any great respect or love for the purple-wearing critic of their deeds.<br><br>But whatever they may have felt for the emperor himself, it is probable that their feelings for the grimacing crowd were definite enough. Spanish "espada," Roman gladiator, acrobat, actor, politician, author, and even "authoress," when they behold, or think of the grinning faces of the respectable public, must all be filled with feelings of contempt and fear.<br><br>About the Publisher<br><br>Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com<br><br>This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.