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1469.  Paston Lett., II. 379. Yif ye any thyng doo … to the pleasir of my Lordes, it will neither be unremembrid ne unrecompensid.

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1555.  Eden, Decades (Arb.), 310. He shall returne … not vnrecompensed with iust rewards.

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1581.  A. Hall, Iliad, I. 5. Thinkst thou it fit I leaue the maide, and emptie go my wayes Vnrecompenste.

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1621.  Fletcher, Wild Goose Chace, IV. iii. Heaven will not see so true a love unrecompenc’d.

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a. 1763.  Shenstone, Ess., Wks. 1777, II. 29. To retire at last unrecompensed … was beyond all power of resolution.

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1822.  Lamb, Elia, I. Bachelor’s Compl. The display of married happiness … is throughout pure, unrecompensed, unqualified insult.

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1840–1.  Wordsw., Mem. Tour Italy, iii. 10. Yet not unrecompensed are they who learn [etc.].

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