Вы на самом деле не используете p-теги, чтобы указать макет, для этого есть теги span и div, однако вы можете поместить свои p-теги в div и назначить фоновое изображение этому контейнеру div и расположить абзацы вокруг изображение.
Или вы можете использовать сетку 960 , это очень хороший способ создания столбцов с помощью CSS, вот пример для вашего случая. Он размещает теги p точно так же, как вы описали, и работает в любом браузере.
<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd">
<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" >
<head>
<title>Untitled Page</title>
<style type="text/css">
/* reset */
html,body,div,span,applet,object,iframe,h1,h2,h3,h4,h5,h6,p,blockquote,pre,a,abbr,acronym,address,big,cite,code,del,dfn,em,font,img,ins,kbd,q,s,samp,small,strike,strong,sub,sup,tt,var,b,u,i,center,dl,dt,dd,ol,ul,li,fieldset,form,label,legend,table,caption,tbody,tfoot,thead,tr,th,td{margin:0;padding:0;border:0;outline:0;font-size:100%;vertical-align:baseline;background:transparent}body{line-height:1}ol,ul{list-style:none}blockquote,q{quotes:none}blockquote:before,blockquote:after,q:before,q:after{content:'';content:none}:focus{outline:0}ins{text-decoration:none}del{text-decoration:line-through}table{border-collapse:collapse;border-spacing:0}
/* 960 grid framework */
.container_12{margin-left:auto;margin-right:auto;width:960px}.grid_1,.grid_2,.grid_3,.grid_4,.grid_5,.grid_6,.grid_7,.grid_8,.grid_9,.grid_10,.grid_11,.grid_12{display:inline;float:left;position:relative;margin-left:10px;margin-right:10px}.push_1,.pull_1,.push_2,.pull_2,.push_3,.pull_3,.push_4,.pull_4,.push_5,.pull_5,.push_6,.pull_6,.push_7,.pull_7,.push_8,.pull_8,.push_9,.pull_9,.push_10,.pull_10,.push_11,.pull_11,.push_12,.pull_12{position:relative}.alpha{margin-left:0}.omega{margin-right:0}.container_12 .grid_1{width:60px}.container_12 .grid_2{width:140px}.container_12 .grid_3{width:220px}.container_12 .grid_4{width:300px}.container_12 .grid_5{width:380px}.container_12 .grid_6{width:460px}.container_12 .grid_7{width:540px}.container_12 .grid_8{width:620px}.container_12 .grid_9{width:700px}.container_12 .grid_10{width:780px}.container_12 .grid_11{width:860px}.container_12 .grid_12{width:940px}.container_12 .prefix_1{padding-left:80px}.container_12 .prefix_2{padding-left:160px}.container_12 .prefix_3{padding-left:240px}.container_12 .prefix_4{padding-left:320px}.container_12 .prefix_5{padding-left:400px}.container_12 .prefix_6{padding-left:480px}.container_12 .prefix_7{padding-left:560px}.container_12 .prefix_8{padding-left:640px}.container_12 .prefix_9{padding-left:720px}.container_12 .prefix_10{padding-left:800px}.container_12 .prefix_11{padding-left:880px}.container_12 .suffix_1{padding-right:80px}.container_12 .suffix_2{padding-right:160px}.container_12 .suffix_3{padding-right:240px}.container_12 .suffix_4{padding-right:320px}.container_12 .suffix_5{padding-right:400px}.container_12 .suffix_6{padding-right:480px}.container_12 .suffix_7{padding-right:560px}.container_12 .suffix_8{padding-right:640px}.container_12 .suffix_9{padding-right:720px}.container_12 .suffix_10{padding-right:800px}.container_12 .suffix_11{padding-right:880px}.container_12 .push_1{left:80px}.container_12 .push_2{left:160px}.container_12 .push_3{left:240px}.container_12 .push_4{left:320px}.container_12 .push_5{left:400px}.container_12 .push_6{left:480px}.container_12 .push_7{left:560px}.container_12 .push_8{left:640px}.container_12 .push_9{left:720px}.container_12 .push_10{left:800px}.container_12 .push_11{left:880px}.container_12 .pull_1{left:-80px}.container_12 .pull_2{left:-160px}.container_12 .pull_3{left:-240px}.container_12 .pull_4{left:-320px}.container_12 .pull_5{left:-400px}.container_12 .pull_6{left:-480px}.container_12 .pull_7{left:-560px}.container_12 .pull_8{left:-640px}.container_12 .pull_9{left:-720px}.container_12 .pull_10{left:-800px}.container_12 .pull_11{left:-880px}.clear{clear:both;display:block;overflow:hidden;visibility:hidden;width:0;height:0}.clearfix:before,.clearfix:after{content:'\0020';display:block;overflow:hidden;visibility:hidden;width:0;height:0}.clearfix:after{clear:both}.clearfix{zoom:1}
</style>
</head>
<body>
<div style="background: url(http://img64.imageshack.us/img64/9881/bbee.png) no-repeat 250px 0px;" class="container container_12 clearfix ">
<div class="grid_3">
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</div>
<div class="grid_3">
<p style="text-align:justify; padding-top:316px">Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consetetur sadipscing elitr, eirmod tempor sed diam nonumy eirmod tempor invidunt ut labore et dolore magna aliquyam erat, sed diam voluptua. At vero eos et accusam et justo duo dolores et ea rebum. Stet clita kasd gubergren, no sea takimata sanctus est Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet. Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consetetur sadipscing elitr, sed diam nonumy eirmod tempor invidunt ut labore et dolore magna aliquyam erat, sed diam voluptua. At vero eos et accusam et justo duo dolores et ea rebum. Stet clita kasd gubergren, no sea takimata sanctus est Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet.</p>
</div>
<div class="grid_3">
<p style="text-align:justify; padding-top:316px">Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consetetur sadipscing elitr, sed diam nonumy eirmod tempor eirmod tempor invidunt ut labore et dolore magna aliquyam erat, sed diam voluptua. At vero eos et accusam et justo duo dolores et ea rebum. Stet clita kasd gubergren, no sea takimata sanctus est Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet. Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consetetur sadipscing elitr, sed diam nonumy eirmod tempor invidunt ut labore et dolore magna aliquyam erat, sed diam voluptua. At vero eos et accusam et justo duo dolores et ea rebum. Stet clita kasd gubergren, no sea takimata sanctus est Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet.</p>
</div>
<div class="grid_3">
<p style="text-align:justify;" >Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consetetur sadipscing elitr, sed diam nonumy eirmod tempor invidunt ut labore et dolore magna aliquyam erat, sed diam voluptua. At vero eos et accusam et justo duo dolores et ea rebum. Stet clita kasd gubergren, no sea takimata sanctus est Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet. Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consetetur sadipscing elitr, sed diam nonumy eirmod tempor invidunt ut labore et dolore magna aliquyam erat, sed diam voluptua. At vero eos et accusam et justo duo dolores et ea rebum. Stet clita kasd gubergren, no sea takimata sanctus est Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet.Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consetetur sadipscing elitr, sed diam nonumy eirmod tempor invidunt ut labore et dolore magna aliquyam erat, sed diam voluptua. At vero eos et accusam et justo duo dolores et ea rebum. Stet clita kasd gubergren, no sea takimata sanctus est Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet. Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consetetur sadipscing elitr, sed diam nonumy eirmod tempor invidunt ut labore et dolore magna aliquyam erat, sed diam voluptua. At vero eos et accusam et justo duo dolores et ea rebum. Stet clita kasd gubergren, no sea takimata sanctus est Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet.et justo duo dolores et ea rebum. Stet clita kasd gubergren, no sea takimata sanctus est Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet.</p>
</div>
</div>
</body>
</html>
Надеюсь, это поможет вам:)