pharisee

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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'

Above all, do not act like the two men in the parable: 'Two men went into the temple to pray, the one was a publican, the other a pharisee.

From The Silver Cross or The Carpenter of Nazareth by Sue, Eugène

Be that as it may, Jesus employed this indirect way of shewing the pharisee the incivility of his behaviour to a man of his consequence.

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'

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

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