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Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 68. Chapters: 1865 ships, Fictional characters introduced in 1865, Alice, Dodo, Cheshire Cat, Eaglet, Johnnie Walker, The Hatter, USS Ashuelot, Queen of Hearts, Adelphoi, Huascar, White Rabbit, HMS Bellerophon, March Hare, HMS John Ericsson, Brazilian ironclad Tamandare, HMS Thordon, SS Ville du Havre, HMS Agincourt, Brazilian ironclad Barroso, HMS Vixen, Sub Marine Explorer, Caterpillar, French ironclad Belliqueuse, Mock Turtle, Taitsing, Duchess, Hansen Writing Ball, CSS Texas, PS Waubuno, SS City of Paris, Dormouse, USS Swatara, HMS Viper, Hydrabad, USS Resolute, Japanese battleship Kaiy Maru, HMS Caledonia, Echo, HMS Endymion, Knave of Hearts, Torpedo, King of Hearts, Bergen Street Line, USS Nina, USS Fortune, HMS Malabar, Ariel, Bill the Lizard, USS Palos, USS Leyden, HMS Lord Warden, USS Neshaminy, USS Umpqua, HMS Pallas, USS Shiloh, USS Nausett, USS Yazoo, USS Resaca, USS Wassuc, USS Yuma, USS Tennessee, USS Guerriere, USS Waxsaw, USS Koka, USS Klamath, USS Squando, Italian battleship Affondatore, USS Modoc, USS Shawnee, USS Suncook, CSS Pedee, Spanish ironclad Vitoria, Pat, USS Shamokin, El Horria, Seminole, Russian ironclad Petropavlovsk, Gryphon, List of ship launches in 1865, Brazilian ironclad Lima Barros, Brazilian ironclad Silvado, Brazilian monitor Bahia, USRC Andrew Johnson, USS Standish, Lory, SS Karanja, Duck. Excerpt: The Cheshire Cat ( or ) is a fictional cat popularised by Lewis Carroll's depiction of it in Alice's Adventures in Wonderland. Known for his distinctive mischievous grin, the Cheshire Cat has had a notable impact on popular culture. The phrase appears in print in John Wolcot's pseudonymous Peter Pindar's Pair of Lyric Epistles in 1792: "Lo, like a Cheshire cat our court will grin." Earlier than that, A classical dictionary of the vulgar tongue by Francis Grose (The Second Edition, Corrected and E...