But those are of a sturdy genus; they mean to live; they live, perforce, of the right to live; they will prove their right in a coming season, when some one steps near and wonders at them, and from more closely observing; gets to understand, learning that the significance and the charm of earth will be as well shown by them as by her tropical fair flaunters or the tenderly-nurtured exotics.
"The Complete Project Gutenberg Works of George Meredith"
George Meredith
The flaunters of the red groaned dismally.
"The New Boy at Hilltop"
Ralph Henry Barbour