capital fellow
Example Sentences
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He is a gentleman by birth, well educated, and a capital fellow every way.
From Perils in the Transvaal and Zululand by Adams, H.C.
Jones is a capital fellow, and his daughter is a noble girl.
From The Cambrian Sketch-Book Tales, Scenes, and Legends of Wild Wales by Davies, R. Rice
That's only his way; he does not like to be refused things, but he is a capital fellow for all that, and that's why I granted his request.
From An Englishman in Paris Notes and Recollections by Albert D.
"Tom is a capital fellow, and a good parson too."
From The Knight Of Gwynne, Vol. I (of II) by Lever, Charles James
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
