View Quote O, Mouse, do you know theway out? I'm afraid I shalldrown in my tears.

View Quote C.f. "The Pool of Tears," ch. 2 of Alice's Adventures in Wonderland (London: Macmillan and Co., 1866), pp. 23–24: "I wish I hadn't cried so much!" said Alice, as she swam about, trying to find her way out.  "I shall be punished for it now, I suppose, by being drowned in my own tears!  That will be a **** thing, to be sure!  However, everything is **** to-day."
To the attendees of the Animal Convention

View Quote I wish my cat werehere. She's such acapital one for catchingmice.

View Quote And oh! I wish youcould see her after thebirds.

View Quote I wish I hadn't talkedso much about our cat,nobody seems to like herdown here.

View Quote C.f. "A Caucus-Race and a Long Tale," ch. 3 of Alice's Adventures in Wonderland (London: Macmillan and Co., 1866), pp. 39–40: "Dinah's our cat.  And she's such a capital one for catching mice, you can't think!  And oh, I wish you could see her after the birds!  Why, she'll eat a little bird as soon as look at it!"
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"I wish I hadn't mentioned Dinah!" she said to herself in a melancholy tone.  "Nobody seems to like her, down here, and I'm sure she's the best cat in the world!  Oh, my dear Dinah!  I wonder if I shall ever see you any more!"
To herself

View Quote To much pepper in thesoup--and in the air.

View Quote C.f. "Pig and Pepper," ch. 6 of Alice's Adventures in Wonderland (London: Macmillan and Co., 1866), p. 81: "There's certainly too much pepper in that soup!" Alice said to herself, as well as she could for sneezing.

View Quote If it had grown up itwould have made adreadfully ugly child;but it makes rather ahandsome pig.

View Quote This statement refers to the Duchess's baby.

View Quote Well! I've often seena cat without a grin:but never before agrin without a cat!

View Quote C.f. "Pig and Pepper," ch. 6 of Alice's Adventures in Wonderland (London: Macmillan and Co., 1866), p. 94: "Well!  I've often seen a cat without a grin," thought Alice; "but a grin without a cat!  It's the most curious thing I ever saw in all my life!"