pharisee

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Sir, where is the similarity of your case with that of the learned pharisee?

From A Series of Letters in Defence of Divine Revelation by Ballou, Hosea

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

This temper, and its opposite, are exemplified in the pharisee and publican, who went up to the temple to pray.

From Sermons on Various Important Subjects by Lee, Andrew

The reader may recollect the parable of the pharisee and the publican.

From Awful Disclosures Containing, Also, Many Incidents Never before Published by Monk, Maria

There was Rogers puffed out with pride; Christy, pharisee and humbug, superbly satisfied with himself.

From The Loom of Youth by Waugh, Alec