capital fellow
Example Sentences
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Old Pagano, who was a capital fellow, died many years ago, and only we old Capriotes can remember him.
From Vagaries by Munthe, Axel
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.
He seems to be a capital fellow, and, as he is a member of the Staten Club, I suppose he needs no further patent of respectability.
From With Edge Tools by Chatfield-Taylor, H. C. (Hobart Chatfield)
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.
There 's a capital fellow, called Tom Cox, by the way, somewhere down in that country, who used to paint our scenes for the garrison theatricals.
From Roland Cashel Volume I (of II) by Lever, Charles James
