capital fellow

Example Sentences

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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 Howells, William Dean

I did my best to arrange it so, and your lawyer was a capital fellow to deal with.

From Uncle's dream; And The Permanent Husband by Dostoyevsky, Fyodor

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)

Weighborne was a capital fellow, one could not help liking him.

From The Portal of Dreams by Buck, Charles Neville

"He was a capital fellow at the galleys; but I suspect he 'd prove a very shady acquaintance in more correct company."

From The Bramleighs of Bishop's Folly by Lever, Charles James