capital fellow
Example Sentences
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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.
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.
Weighborne was a capital fellow, one could not help liking him.
From The Portal of Dreams by Buck, Charles Neville
Charley is such a capital fellow, so thoroughly good and hearty, and I am sure he would cut off his little finger if he thought it would give Polly pleasure.
From A Search For A Secret (Vol 3 of 3) A Novel by Henty, G. A. (George Alfred)
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)
