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
A capital fellow and a nice little woman.
From Silver Pitchers: and Independence A Centennial Love Story by Alcott, Louisa May
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
"A capital fellow, after all, a capital fellow," he kept on saying.
From An Englishman in Paris Notes and Recollections by Albert D.
This man is up to everything; he is a capital fellow.
From Black Diamonds by Jókai, Mór