pharisee

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In the scene with Lady Milford she appears as a pert little pharisee, caustic, sententious and philosophical beyond her years; so that one wonders why a girl that knows so much should not know more.

From The Life and Works of Friedrich Schiller by Thomas, Calvin

But the attempt was fruitless: he succeeded no better in curing a dropsical person that chanced to be in the house of a pharisee who gave the Saviour a dinner.

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'

But you and I, and every pharisee, publican, and sinner in the world, are equally the children of God to begin with.

From Donal Grant, by George MacDonald by MacDonald, George

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

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