pharisee

Example Sentences

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

From The Spirit of the Age Contemporary Portraits by Hazlitt, William

Two men went up into the temple to pray: the one a pharisee, and the other a publican.

From The first New Testament printed in English by

Gordon chanced to come in that day and light upon Ernest, and the fury into which he worked himself ill beseemed so respectable a pharisee.

From Beatrice Boville and Other Stories by Ouida

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

From Caleb in the Country by Abbott, Jacob

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