capital fellow

Example Sentences

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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

John Brightling, a Cornish miner, a capital fellow, Thirlmere’s constant companion in his prospecting operations for a full year past, was down with fever.

From From Veldt Camp Fires by Bryden, H.A.

This man is up to everything; he is a capital fellow.

From Black Diamonds by Jókai, Mór

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

Oh that I had made full use of them! what a capital fellow I should be! 

From Edward Hoare, M.A. A record of his life based upon a brief autobiography by Hoare, Edward N.