capital fellow
Example Sentences
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Oh that I had made full use of them! what a capital fellow I should be!
From Edward Hoare, M.A. A record of his life based upon a brief autobiography by Hoare, Edward N.
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 Jókai, Mór
This man is up to everything; he is a capital fellow.
From Black Diamonds by Jókai, Mór
You have no idea what a capital fellow he is!... true as steel ... silent as the grave....
From The Widow Barnaby Vol. III (of 3) by Trollope, Frances Eleanor
He has become really a capital fellow, who knows something, and has his heart pretty much in the right place, like us all.
From Beethoven: A Memoir (2nd Ed.) by Graeme, Elliott