No, the brackets are required.
1.) Hover the cursor over the image that is hosted somewhere on the Internet. (Be careful of copyright issues)
2.) Right click and select "Copy Image Address".
3.) In the FR editing field, type:
<img src="
4.) Paste the image address you copied,e.g.:
https://encrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcQGlyPvw560v7Y5BD6kdSatuapxE-aG0C3YXw&usqp=CAU
5.)Type: ">
Now you have
<img src="https://encrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcQGlyPvw560v7Y5BD6kdSatuapxE-aG0C3YXw&usqp=CAU">
Viola:
Thanks so much, and great picture of the pug! :)