Author of several papers in the Guardian and the Spectator, Pearce also offered modest assistance to Samuel Johnson in the compilation of his dictionary. He was made Bishop of Rochester and Dean of Westminster in 1756.

Born as Saul of Tarsus, Saint Paul, or Paul the Apostle, was among the first generation of Christians to spread the teachings of Jesus. He is commonly regarded as the most important figure in the history of Christianity after Jesus himself.

In Homer's Iliad, a close wartime companion of Achilles.

The primary patron saint of Ireland. In legend, he banished all snakes from the island.

Pasta was an Italian operatic soprano whose vocal and physical expressiveness revolutionized opera and made her the foremost performer of her day.

Poet, translator, and classicist. His best regarded narrative poem, "The Hermit," appeared in Poems on Several Occasions (1721). Parnell was one of the contributors to the Spectator and the Guardian.

Fifth century BCE Greek philosopher.

The Greek equivalent of the Roman deity Lupercus, Pan is the deity of fertility and the wild, including shepherds and their flocks, mountain wilds, and rustic music. Pan was typically represented as a lustful figure sharing the ears, horns, and legs of a goat, often accompanied by nymphs.

Heroine of Samuel Richardson's Pamela: or, Virtue Rewarded (1740).

née Echlin, she was the daughter of Lady Echlin.