pharisee

Example Sentences

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I am distinctly aware, moreover, that the old quarrel of sinner and pharisee has something to do with the matter.

From Essays in Radical Empiricism by James, William

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.

Nicodemus, a night professor, and Simon the pharisee, with his fifty pence; and their great ignorance of the methods of grace, we have now and then touched upon.

From The Jerusalem Sinner Saved; or, Good News for the Vilest of Men by Bunyan, John

“Yes, and that was the way the publican came; but the pharisee covered up all his sins, being pleased and satisfied himself, and thinking that God would be pleased and satisfied with his acorns.”

From Caleb in the Country by Abbott, Jacob

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