capital fellow

Example Sentences

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"He may be a capital fellow," I remarked, "but he is not very choice in his language."

From An Englishman in Paris Notes and Recollections by Albert D.

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

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

"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

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

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