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“Silence, Kenneth!” cried The Mackhai sternly, as he looked half-angrily, half-pleased at the flushed face of the young gillie.

From Three Boys or the Chiefs of the Clan Mackhai by Fenn, George Manville

The General gazed on her a moment in silence, but a quiet smile of recognition stole to his lips; and, with an air, half-patronizing, half-pleased, he at last held out his hand.

From Mabel's Mistake by Stephens, Ann S. (Ann Sophia)

Well, when a man inquires for D'Hénault's poems and is half-pleased because I have the book, and half-annoyed because he must needs buy it—!

From Dreamers of the Ghetto by Zangwill, Israel

Caroline drew a deep breath, and cast a half-frightened, half-pleased glance at her maid, Eliza, who stood near by, looking grimly at preparations she could not understand.

From The Old Countess; or, The Two Proposals by Stephens, Ann S. (Ann Sophia)

Miriam flushed, half-angry and half-pleased at the adroit compliment.

From Grace Harlowe's Plebe Year at High School The Merry Doings of the Oakdale Freshmen Girls by Flower, Jessie Graham [pseud.]