The First Consul, who had experienced no such difficulty in France, persisted now, as a year later, in considering every uncomplimentary reference to himself as an indirect and semiofficial attack.
"The Life of Napoleon I (Volumes, 1 and 2)"
John Holland Rose
Directly I arrived in Cairo, I left my card and my letters of introduction in the usual way, and expected, after a decent delay, to be asked to pay a semiofficial visit at the Agency.
"The Adventure of Living"
John St. Loe Strachey
This was increased to a very respectable size by the time they reached their destination, for most of the inhabitants of the place, having nothing better to do, attached themselves in a semiofficial manner to the party, and there was quite a crowd when, after a final leave-taking, Jackson and his host entered the house.
"A Galahad of the Creeks; The Widow Lamport"
S. (Sidney) Levett-Yeats