capital fellow

Example Sentences

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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

Donna Victoria—Well, I'm not a capital fellow; but I was made for a gentleman—gentleman!

From The Castle of Andalusia A Comic Opera, in Three Acts by O'Keeffe, John

I must put you under the same treatment as I did Jack Hamlin—do you know him?—a gambler and a capital fellow; you remind me of him.

From Gabriel Conroy by Harte, Bert

Old Pagano, who was a capital fellow, died many years ago, and only we old Capriotes can remember him.

From Vagaries by Munthe, Axel

"Tom is a capital fellow, and a good parson too."

From The Knight Of Gwynne, Vol. I (of II) by Lever, Charles James