The infamous opening of Bulwer-Lytton's "Paul Clifford" is "It was" this type of "night"
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It was a dark and stormy night - Wikipedia  "It was a dark and stormy night" is an often-mocked and parodied phrase written by English novelist Edward Bulwer-Lytton in the opening sentence of his 1830 novel Paul Clifford.
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First Few Lines - Great Openings - ReadLiterature.Com  In a certain village in La Mancha, which I do not wish to name, there lived not long ago a gentleman - one of those who have always a lance in the rack, .
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