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And though I be reckoned of many a dreamer of dreams, he shall not, I think, go unprofited, who can rightly 'read my rede.'

From The Continental Monthly, Vol. 5, No. 3, March, 1864 Devoted to Literature and National Policy by Various

How deeply do we blame ourselves for occasions of benefit lost, and opportunities unprofited by; and how unceasingly, through after-life, the memory of the departed recurs to us!

From Charles O'Malley, The Irish Dragoon, Volume 2 by Lever, Charles James

Be clamorous and leap all civil bounds Rather than make unprofited return.

From Twelfth Night by Shakespeare, William

Be clamorous and leap all civil bounds,     Rather than make unprofited return.

From Twelfth Night; or What You Will by Shakespeare, William

If from deserted maid, Hermione, Whose charms were withering in the fallow wane Of an unprofited life, this speech forlorn Had seem'd to ring the knell of her young hopes.

From The Legendary and Poetical Remains of John Roby author of 'Traditions of Lancashire', with a sketch of his literary life and character by Roby, John