capital fellow

Example Sentences

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

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

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

Mac, here's your good health; you're a capital fellow.

From Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 57, No. 355, May 1845 by Various

He's a capital fellow to me, but he's not fond of company.

From The Doctor's Wife by Braddon, M. E. (Mary Elizabeth)

Some called him "poor Norwood," and expressed sorrow for him; others said he was a capital fellow, up to everything, and that they were delighted at his coming.

From The Daltons, Volume I (of II) Or,Three Roads In Life by Lever, Charles James