paddock a small field or enclosure near a stable, in which horses are exercised.
pales narrow, upright, pointed stakes used in fences; pickets.
paling a strip of wood used in making a fence; a pale.
palliation alessening of the pain or severity of something without actually curing it; alleviation; easing.
panegyric a formal speech or piece of writing praising a person or event.
panegyric high or hyperbolic (exaggerated) praise; laudation.
parade to walk about ostentatiously; show off.
parasol a lightweight umbrella carried by women as a sunshade.
partake to take part (in an activity); participate.
patronage support, encouragement, or sponsorship, given by a patron.
pecuniary of or involving money.
peevish hard to please; irritable; fretful; cross.
penetration the act or power of discerning.
perturbation something that perturbs; disturbance.
perverse persisting in error or fault; stubbornly contrary.
petticoat a skirt, now especially an underskirt often trimmed at the hemline as with lace or ruffles, worn by women and girls.
petulance impatience or irritability, especially over a petty annoyance; peevishness.
phaeton a light, four-wheeled carriage of the nineteenth century, drawn by one or two horses, with front and back seats and, usually, a folding top for the front.
piano-forte piano.
pin-money [Archaic] an allowance of money given to a wife for small personal expenses.
piquet a card game for two persons, played with 32 cards.
plantation a large, cultivated planting of trees.
plate dishes or utensils of silver or gold, collectively.
playing high betting large amounts of money.
post [Chiefly British] mail.
post a position, job, or duty to which a person is assigned or appointed.
postilions persons who ride the left-hand horse of the leaders of a four-horse carriage.
postscript a note or paragraph added below the signature in a letter or at the end of a book or speech as an afterthought or to give supplementary information.
precipitance great haste; rashness.
prepossession the fact or condition of preoccupying (someone) beforehand, to the exclusion of later thoughts or feelings.
probity uprightness in one's dealings; integrity.
procured got or brought about by some effort; obtained; secured.
prodigious wonderful; amazing.
prodigiously in a way indicating great size, power, or extent; enormously; hugely.
prodigiously wonderfully or amazingly.
profligate immoral and shameless; dissolute.
prognostic a forecast; prediction.
propitious favorably inclined or disposed; gracious.
prospect the view obtained from any particular point; outlook.
prudence the ability to exercise sound judgment in practical matters.
purport intention; object.
quadrille a card game, popular in the eighteenth century, played by four persons.
querulous inclined to find fault; complaining.
quit to leave; depart from.
racked to trouble, torment, or afflict.
ragout a highly seasoned stew of meat and vegetables.
rapacity greed; voraciousness.
rectitude conduct according to moral principles; strict honesty.
reel a lively Scottish dance.
regimentals military uniform.
regulars the members of the standing army of a country.
rencontre a casual meeting, as with a friend.
repaired to her room went or betook herself to her room.
repine to feel or express unhappiness or discontent; complain; fret.
represented described as having a specified character or quality.
reproofs things said in reproving; rebukes.
retire to go aay, retrat, or withdraw.
review an examination or inspection as of troops on parade.
The room in which the ladies sat was backwards. The room was in the back of the house.
