Chapter Indian File to Ink-pot of I by Brewer's Phrase & Fable

you into all truth" (John xvi. 13).
    The dogma of the "Infallibility of the Pope" was decreed by the Vatican Council in 1870.

Infamous means not allowed to speak or give witness in a court of justice. (Latin, in, negative fari, to speak; Greek, phemi or phami.)

Infant Used as a synonym of "childe," meaning a knight or squire.as, "Childe Harold." King Arthur is so called. (See also Spenser: Faërie Queene, book ii. canto viii. 56.)

Infant of Lubeck Christian Henry Heinecken (1721-1725). At one year old he knew the chief events of the Pentateuch; at thirteen months he knew the history of the Old Testament; at fourteen months he knew the history of the New Testament; at two and a half years he could answer any ordinary question of history or geography; at three years he knew well both French and Latin. At least, so says Schöneich, his preceptor.

"Another of these pitiable prodigies was John Philipp Baratier, of Schwaback, near Nürnberg, born the same year as the Lubeck prodigy (1721-1740). At the age of five he knew Greek. Latin, and French, besides his native German. At nine he knew Hebrew and Chaldee, and could convert German into Latin. At thirteen he could translate Hebrew into French or French into Hebrew. His life was written by Formey, and his name appears in most biographical dictionaries."

Infanta Any princess of the blood royal, except an heiress of the crown, is so called in Spain and Portugal.

Infante (3 syl.). All the sons of the sovereigns of Spain and Portugal bear this title, except the crown prince, who is called in Spain the Prince of Asturias. In the Middle Ages the word "childe" was used as a title of honour in England, France, and Germany; hence Childe Harold, Childe-ric, Childe-bert, etc.

Infantry Foot soldiers. Said to be first applied to a body of men collected by the Infante or heir-apparent of Spain for the purpose of rescuing his father from the Moors. The success of the attempt rendered the corps popular. (Spanish, infanteria; Italian, fanteria; fante means a servant.)

Infernal Column So the corps of Latour d'Auvergne was called, from its terrible charges with the bayonet. (1743-1800.)

Inferno We have Dante's notion of the infernal regions in his Inferno; Homer's in the Odyssey, book xi.; Virgil's in the Æneid, book vi.; Spenser's in the Faërie Queene, book ii. canto 7; Ariosto's in the Orlando Furioso, book xvii.; Tasso's in Jerusalem Delivered, book iv.; Milton's in Paradise Lost; Fénelon's in Télémaque, book xviii.; and Beckford's in his romance of Vathek.

Infra Dig. i.e. Dignitatem. Not in accordance with one's position and character. (Latin.)

Infralapsarians Those who believe that election and predestination are subsequent to the Fall. The "Supralapsarian" believes that election and predestination were in the eternal counsels of God even before the creation of Adam. (Infra, after; lapsus, the fall; supra, before; lapsus, the fall.)

Ingle (The). The recess with benches in old-fashioned fireplaces, the fire.

"Sit thee by the ingle when
The sear faggot blazes bright."
Keats: Fancy, stanza 1.

Ingoldsby The Rev. Richard Harris Barham, author of Ingoldsby Legends. (1788-1845.)

Ingrain Colours Colours dyed in the wool or raw material before manufacture. In French, tendre en laine. Such colours are the most durable. We speak of "a rogue ingrain," meaning one hopelessly bad. (In the grain, that is, in the texture.)

" `Tis ingrain, sir; `twill endure wind and weather." - Shakespeare: Twelfth Night, i. 5.

Ingulph's "Croyland Chronicle." Proved to be a forgery by H. J. Riley in the Archaeological Journal, 1862. He dates