capital fellow
Example Sentences
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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
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.
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
"He is not only a capital fellow, but he has a large fortune—ten times as large, I venture to say, as your Lambertis have."
From The Front Yard by Woolson, Constance Fenimore
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.
