He needed no name, because it didn’t matter. He was alone by choice in the vastness of the hills and plains, running his cattle and closely encountering wild white horses: alone save for that manly cigarette lodged in his thin, grim lips. Darrell Winfield, the “real” Marlboro Man, died on January 12th, aged 85 http://econ.st/1CK6Gnv
“It brings unforgettable emotions. It’s like a second breath in an overcrowded and polluted city and shows that every city can be beautiful from the top.”
Paul and he were confirmed enemies, and yet there was between them that peculiar feeling of intimacy, as if they were secretly near to each other, which sometimes exists between two people, although they never speak to one another. Paul often thought of Baxter Dawes, often wanted to get at him and be friends with him. He knew that Dawes often thought about him, and that the man was drawn to him by some bond or other. And yet the two never looked at each other save in hostility.
self-reproach
| (noun) A feeling of deep regret (usually for some misdeed). | |
| Synonyms: | compunction, remorse |
| Usage: | There came to her a chill self-reproach that she had not returned sooner, to help her mother in these domesticities, instead of indulging herself out-of-doors. |
confirmed
adj.
- Being firmly settled in habit; inveterate. See synonyms at chronic.
- Having been ratified; verified.
- Having received the rite of confirmation.
get at
1. Touch, reach successfully, as in Mom hid the peanut butter so we couldn't get at it. [Late 1700s]
2. Try to make understand-able; hint at or suggest. For example, I think I see what you're getting at. [Late 1800s]
3. Discover, learn, ascertain, as in We must get at the facts of the case. [Late 1700s]
4. Bribe or influence by improper or illegal means, as in He got at the judge, and the charges were dismissed. [Colloquial; mid-1800s]
5. Start on, begin work on, attend to, as in "Get at your canvassing early, and drive it with all your might" (Mark Twain, letter to his publishers, 1884). [ Colloquial; late 1800s]
save2 (sāv)
prep.
With the exception of; except: "No man enjoys self-reproach save a masochist" (Philip Wylie).
conj.
- Were it not; except: The house would be finished by now, save that we had difficulty contracting a roofer.
- Unless.
[Middle English, from Old French sauf, from Latin salvō, ablative sing. of salvus, safe.]
roofer
Line breaks: roof¦er
Pronunciation: /ˈruːfə /
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