capital fellow

Example Sentences

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“You’re a capital fellow, Ralph Fairbanks,” cried the delighted little urchin.

From Ralph, the Train Dispatcher The Mystery of the Pay Car by Chapman, Allen

There 's a capital fellow, called Tom Cox, by the way, somewhere down in that country, who used to paint our scenes for the garrison theatricals.

From Roland Cashel Volume I (of II) by Lever, Charles James

I did my best to arrange it so, and your lawyer was a capital fellow to deal with.

From Uncle's dream; And The Permanent Husband by Dostoyevsky, Fyodor

Old Pagano, who was a capital fellow, died many years ago, and only we old Capriotes can remember him.

From Vagaries by Munthe, Axel

"Tom is a capital fellow, and a good parson too."

From The Knight Of Gwynne, Vol. I (of II) by Lever, Charles James