capital fellow
Example Sentences
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"No, papa; but he says he is sure Giacomo can explain everything,—for he is a capital fellow, and honest as the sun!"
From The Dodd Family Abroad, Vol. II by Lever, Charles James
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)
"A capital fellow, after all, a capital fellow," he kept on saying.
From An Englishman in Paris Notes and Recollections by Albert D.
Mac, here's your good health; you're a capital fellow.
From Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 57, No. 355, May 1845 by Various
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.
