...has to make on that subject fully justify him in his assertion that Mr. Froude's narrative has been " elaborated with the art of a practised romancer, in...to it, often take the place of correct statement." Two books of memoirs are before us of men who have played a prominent part in the society of a generation...

...relations to each other, different both in particulars and in general effect from that given by Mr. Froude. His narrative is a story " founded on fact," elaborated...statement. Even if the form of truth be preserved, a colour not its own is given to it by the imagination of the writer. To exhibit completely the extent...

...has to make on that subject fully justify him in his assertion that Mr. Froude's narrative has been " elaborated with the art of a practised romancer, in...to it, often take the place of correct statement." Two books of memoirs are before us of men who have played a prominent part in the society of a generation...

...has to make on that subject Cully justify him in his assertion that Mr. Froude's narrative has been " elaborated with the art of a practised romancer, in...to it, often take the place of correct statement." Two books of memoirs are before us of men who have played a prominent part in the society of a generation...

...wise, and virtuous ruler, and M. Sabatier will not convince anybody who is not blinded by a priori prejudices that St. Francis was anything but an orthodox...romancer, in which assertion and inference, unsupported byevidence or contradictory to it, often take the place of correct statement. Even if the form of truth...

...his duty to publish ; and he so glossed unprinted matter, that, to use Professor Norton's words, " assertion and inference, unsupported by evidence or...to it, often take the place of correct statement," with the deplorable result of cheapening, vulgarising and totally misrepresenting the character and...

...relation; to each other, different both in particulars and in general effect from that given by Mr. Froude. His narrative is a story " founded on fact," elaborated...statement. Even if the form of truth be preserved, a colour not its own is given to it by the imagination of the writer. To exhibit completely the extent...

...early letters, once more accusing Froude of moral and editorial failure, of having elaborated on facts "with the art of a practised romancer, in which assertion...unsupported by evidence or contradictory to it, often takes the place of correct statement." Ruskin had recently criticized Froude's History in print and...