pharisee

Example Sentences

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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

More than any other fetish it has ruined our sense of political values by glorifying the pharisee with his vain cruelty to individuals and his unfounded approval of himself.

From A Preface to Politics by Lippmann, Walter

The self-applauding bird, the peacock see:— Mark what a sumptuous pharisee is he!

From Hazlitt on English Literature An Introduction to the Appreciation of Literature by Zeitlin, Jacob

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.

He, too, had taken the part of the lowly and oppressed, and against all the established power of priest and pharisee.

From The Iron Heel by London, Jack