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He looked half-vexed and half-contented; and declared that what he did, though it might be against the rules, was yet a righteous thing, and he wanted not my help unless I thought the same.

From Sir Ludar A Story of the Days of the Great Queen Bess by Reed, Talbot Baines

Castro wore a half-contented face, but the great war-chief of the Comanches stalked out of the building uttering words of bitter disappointment and anger.

From The Lost Gold of the Montezumas A Story of the Alamo by Stoddard, William O.

Thus half-contented, anxious in his mind, The distant cries come driving in the wind, Shouts from the walls, but shouts in murmurs drown'd; A jarring mixture, and a boding sound.

From The Aeneid English by Virgil