Hence tartuffe and Pecksniff are poetical portraits, even when drawn in prose.
"The Literature of Ecstasy"
Albert Mordell
I took no more trouble about him, for I had thrown off the mask of tartuffe which I had found terribly inconvenient all the time I had worn it for the rascal's sake.
"The Memoires of Casanova, Complete The Rare Unabridged London Edition Of 1894, plus An Unpublished Chapter of History, By Arthur Symons"
Jacques Casanova de Seingalt
He looked to me a regular tartuffe, after nothing but Therese.
"The Memoires of Casanova, Complete The Rare Unabridged London Edition Of 1894, plus An Unpublished Chapter of History, By Arthur Symons"
Jacques Casanova de Seingalt