This fault is excusable for the French school of the time, heedless of tradition, set him a bad example.

Rossini was, like Meyerbeer, a foreigner, but he was not affected in the same way.

He even got fine effects through the combination of musical and textual rhythm.

An instance of this is seen in the famous phrase in _Guillaume Tell_: Ces jours qu'ils ont ose proscrire, Je ne les ai pas defendus.
Mon pere, tu m'as du maudire! If Rossini had not retired at an age when others are just beginning their careers and had given us two or three more works, his illustrious example would have restored the old principles on which French opera had been constructed from the time of Lulli.

On the contrary, Auber carried with him an entire generation captivated by Italian music.