jesuitic
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Last and greatest, see, for one moment, the Abbe Maury; with his jesuitic eyes, his impassive brass face, 'image of all the cardinal sins.'
From The French Revolution by Carlyle, Thomas
You may imagine that I have made observations in plenty on the gout: yes, yes, I know its ways and its jesuitic evasions.
From Letters of Horace Walpole — Volume II by Walpole, Horace
How his answers and explanations flow ready; jesuitic, plausible to the ear!
From The French Revolution by Carlyle, Thomas