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Dinner was announced in due time, and he was half-disposed not to go; but he joined the officers, and obtained permission from the captain to visit his mother’s room to tea.

From The Young Castellan A Tale of the English Civil War by Fenn, George Manville

Faith, I’m half-disposed to make ye throw the stirrups over the nag’s neck, and I would if we’d toime.

From Charge! A Story of Briton and Boer by Fenn, George Manville

She watched him furtively, half-disposed to return to the seat opposite his, but there was an artificiality about his absorption that restrained her.

From The Greater Inclination by Wharton, Edith

That she was not incapable of love he told himself with full assurance, and he was half-disposed to believe that she was one who would never love till asked for her love.

From Mariquita A Novel by Ayscough, John

It appeared, however, that Thousandacres himself was half-disposed to make a concession in favor of Chainbearer, similar to that he had granted to the Indian.

From The Chainbearer Or, The Littlepage Manuscripts by Cooper, James Fenimore