capital fellow
Example Sentences
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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
This man is up to everything; he is a capital fellow.
From Black Diamonds by Jókai, Mór
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
He is a gentleman by birth, well educated, and a capital fellow every way.
From Perils in the Transvaal and Zululand by Adams, H.C.
Be good to him; he is a capital fellow in his odd, amusing way.
From The Letters of Ambrose Bierce With a Memoir by George Sterling by Bierce, Ambrose