Give paragraph effect through Css

Question

Can you tell me how to give paragraph effect to my paragraph using css?

for example:

               This is my paragraph. This is my paragraph. This is my paragraph. 
This is my paragraph. This is my paragraph. This is my paragraph. This is my paragraph. 
This is my paragraph. This is my paragraph. This is my paragraph. This is my paragraph. 
This is my paragraph. This is my paragraph. This is my paragraph. This is my paragraph.
This is my paragraph. This is my paragraph. This is my paragraph. This is my paragraph. This is my paragraph. This is my paragraph. This is my paragraph. This is my paragraph. 
This is my paragraph. This is my paragraph. This is my paragraph. This is my paragraph.
This is my paragraph. This is my paragraph. This is my paragraph. 

See the padding in the first line. I wantthat

Answer 1

Try this

p:first-line { padding-left:10em; }

Answer 2

You can try the text-indent property.

p { text-indent: 1em; }

See http://reference.sitepoint.com/css/text-indent