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He giveth as his own what has been said before, Transplanted! the whole world into his tedious lore; And proudly decketh he his prey with borrowed plumes, Then flauntingly that this is poetry assumes.

From Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science Volume 17, No. 099, March, 1876 by Various

Late August it is, and night; a night flauntingly jewelled with stars, a night of shooting stars and loud insect noises.

From Men, Women and Ghosts by Lowell, Amy

So he crossed the borders flauntingly, and marched towards the heart of the unknown.

From The White Peacock by Lawrence, D. H. (David Herbert)

Restless I pace our lonely rooms, I play our songs no more, The garish sun shines flauntingly upon the unswept floor; The mocking-bird still sits and sings, O melancholy strain!

From The Raven by Poe, Edgar Allan

Allusive or discursive speech scared him like indecency; and I had used his gem but as a peg whereon flauntingly to hang it.

From The Morals of Marcus Ordeyne : a Novel by Locke, William John