He came from Scotland when he was but a lad, with his parents, and went to school and Profited by his opportunities.
"The Eye of Dread"
Payne Erskine
She had Profited by her husband's view.
"The Locusts' Years"
Mary Helen Fee
The decline of pauperism in this country then is not due to any increasing mortality in the classes from which the majority of the paupers come; but it is one among many other proofs that these classes have Profited, like their neighbours, by the course of material progress.
"Contemporary Socialism"
John Rae