pharisee

Example Sentences

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Therefore when the chairman announced the advent of the teams, another pharisee mentioned, that the waiting committee had not yet spoken and the chairman said, that they should speak.

From Secret Enemies of True Republicanism by Smolnikar, Andrew B.

Be that as it may, Jesus employed this indirect way of shewing the pharisee the incivility of his behaviour to a man of his consequence.

From Ecce Homo! A Critical Inquiry into the History of Jesus of Nazareth: Being a Rational Analysis of the Gospels by Holbach, Paul Henry Thiry Baron d'

“What is a pharisee and a publican?” asked Caleb.

From Caleb in the Country by Abbott, Jacob

The philosopher dies sententiously—the pharisee ostentatiously—the simple-hearted humbly—the poor idiot blindly, as the sparrow falls to the ground; the philosopher and idiot, publican and pharisee, all eat after the same fashion—given an equally good digestion.

From North and South by Gaskell, Elizabeth Cleghorn

“Yes; but, grandmother, if the pharisee really was a good man, it wasn't right for him to thank God for it?”

From Caleb in the Country by Abbott, Jacob