capital fellow
Example Sentences
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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.
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.
This man is up to everything; he is a capital fellow.
From Black Diamonds by Jókai, Mór
"A capital fellow to make trousers, I know, but for his morality I can't vouch."
From Portia or By Passions Rocked by Duchess
Jones is a capital fellow, and his daughter is a noble girl.
From The Cambrian Sketch-Book Tales, Scenes, and Legends of Wild Wales by Davies, R. Rice
