capital fellow
Example Sentences
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Donna Victoria—Well, I'm not a capital fellow; but I was made for a gentleman—gentleman!
From The Castle of Andalusia A Comic Opera, in Three Acts by O'Keeffe, John
You have no idea what a capital fellow he is!... true as steel ... silent as the grave....
From The Widow Barnaby Vol. III (of 3) by Trollope, Frances Eleanor
Weighborne was a capital fellow, one could not help liking him.
From The Portal of Dreams by Buck, Charles Neville
"A capital fellow to make trousers, I know, but for his morality I can't vouch."
From Portia or By Passions Rocked by Duchess
Be good to him; he is a capital fellow in his odd, amusing way.
From The Letters of Ambrose Bierce With a Memoir by George Sterling by Bierce, Ambrose
