capital fellow
Example Sentences
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He knew a very capital fellow, and a good sailor, James Wall by name.
From The Voyages and Adventures of Captain Hatteras by Riou, Edouard
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)
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
Donna Victoria—Well, I'm not a capital fellow; but I was made for a gentleman—gentleman!
From The Castle of Andalusia A Comic Opera, in Three Acts by O'Keeffe, John
"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.
