Date: Fri, 23 Jan 1998 15:57:17 -0500

From: jerry miller millerj[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]FRANKLINCOLL.EDU

Subject: Re: quote source



Beverly: Before Snoopy established it as a 20th century cliche, the line was

the opening line of the novel "Paul Clifford" by Sir Edward George Earl

Bulwer-Lytton (the rest of the sentence was even worse), published in 1830

and which the Bulwer-Lytton Bad Writing Contest annually commemorates.



Jerry Miller

Franklin (Ind.) College



At 01:28 PM 1/23/98 -0500, you wrote:

Another cliche from 18th or 19th century fiction is of course "It was a

dark and stormy night"--but I've forgotten the author. Anyone?