capital fellow
Example Sentences
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Old Pagano, who was a capital fellow, died many years ago, and only we old Capriotes can remember him.
From Vagaries by Axel Munthe
As he spoke, Felix lit another cigar, and looked slyly at his companion, as who should say, "You see what a capital fellow I am!"
From Black Diamonds by Mór Jókai
Fred had known him at college, and then had found him at Naples, After several years,––and called him a capital fellow.
From Poems by William Dean Howells
He is a gentleman by birth, well educated, and a capital fellow every way.
From Perils in the Transvaal and Zululand by H.C. Adams
"He may be a capital fellow," I remarked, "but he is not very choice in his language."
From An Englishman in Paris Notes and Recollections by Albert D.
