PRANCE. 'Sir, if a man has a mind to prance he must study at
Christ Church and All Souls,' ii. 67, n. 2.
PRECEDENCY. See above, FLEA.
PRE-EMINENCE. 'Painful pre-eminence' (Addison), iii. 82, n. 2.
PREJUDICE. 'He set out with a prejudice against prejudices,' ii. 51.
PRESENCE. 'Never speak of a man in his own presence. It is always indelicate, and may be offensive,' ii. 472; 'Sir, I honour Derrick for his presence of mind,' i. 457.
PRIG. 'Harris is a prig, and a bad prig,' iii. 245;
'What! a prig, Sir?' 'Worse, Madam, a Whig. But he is both,' iii. 294.
PRINCIPLES. 'Sir, you are so grossly ignorant of human nature as not to know, that a man may be very sincere in good principles without having good practice,' v. 359.
PROBABILITIES. 'Balancing probabilities,' iv. 12.
PRODIGALITY. See above, PARSIMONY.
PROFESSION. 'No man would be of any profession as simply opposed to not being of it,' ii. 128.