capital fellow
Example Sentences
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He would have been made into a capital fellow by a little course of fagging when he was a youngster?”
From The Gentleman Cadet His Career and Adventures at the Royal Military Academy Woolwich by Drayson, A.W.
"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
Mac, here's your good health; you're a capital fellow.
From Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 57, No. 355, May 1845 by Various
“You’re a capital fellow, Ralph Fairbanks,” cried the delighted little urchin.
From Ralph, the Train Dispatcher The Mystery of the Pay Car by Chapman, Allen
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
