p is a small reef, of about a mile and a quarter in extent; it was seen from the summit of Haggerston's Island, as was also another reef, seven miles South by East from it: the positions of these reefs are doubtful.

P is a Pigeon So rapid in flight, That before you can shoot him He's gone out of sight.

Lieutenant P, of the Pennsylvania th, was a very fresh, bright-looking young man, lying in bed from the effects of a recent injury received in action.

No. 20 explains itself; the curious P of Pass is worth notice.

P was a polly.

Let P be the present worth of all the policies for a group of the same age, p the present worth of one policy, X the total insured at the beginning of the period, f the natural assessment premium this year, or the natural premium required for any year.

[Footnote P: When Plato visited Syracuse, in the reign of Dionysius, Dion became his disciple, and induced Dionysius to invite Plato a second time to Syracuse.

This quantity theory may be expressed in the formula P = MR/N when P is the symbol for price, or the general price level, N is (1) above, R is (2), and M is (3).

[Footnote P: Pike is a word very commonly used in the north of England, to signify a high mountain of the conic form, as Langdale pike, etc.]

The pest of society is egotists.

Hence it is, that Dr. Johnson avers, "The great pest of speech is frequency of translation.