Date: Fri, 23 Jan 1998 13:36:46 -0500

From: Fred Shapiro fred.shapiro[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]YALE.EDU

Subject: Re: quote source



Bartlett's has the following:



It was a dark and stormy night.

Edward Bulwer-Lytton, _Paul Clifford_ (1840), opening words



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