capital fellow
Example Sentences
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I must put you under the same treatment as I did Jack Hamlin—do you know him?—a gambler and a capital fellow; you remind me of him.
From Gabriel Conroy by Harte, Bert
“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
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
He has become really a capital fellow, who knows something, and has his heart pretty much in the right place, like us all.
From Beethoven: A Memoir (2nd Ed.) by Graeme, Elliott
He seems to be a capital fellow, and, as he is a member of the Staten Club, I suppose he needs no further patent of respectability.
From With Edge Tools by Chatfield-Taylor, H. C. (Hobart Chatfield)
