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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