leeper@mtgzz.UUCP (m.r.leeper) (03/06/86)
A recent Twilight Zone episode used the quote "Hell is a city much like Newark." Now I know that it was a literary reference because in the "Don Juan in Hell" sequence of George Bernard Shaw's MAN AND SUPERMAN a character refers to a quote "Hell is a city much like Seville." Does anyone know where the quote came from originally? I get the impression it was not from the Shaw, but Bartlett's doesn't seem to have it. Mark Leeper ...ihnp4!mtgzz!leeper
jim@randvax.UUCP (Jim Gillogly) (03/08/86)
In article <1712@mtgzz.UUCP> leeper@mtgzz.UUCP (m.r.leeper) writes: >A recent Twilight Zone episode used the quote "Hell is a city much like >Newark." Now I know that it was a literary reference because in the >"Don Juan in Hell" sequence of George Bernard Shaw's MAN AND SUPERMAN >a character refers to a quote "Hell is a city much like Seville." Does >anyone know where the quote came from originally? I get the impression >it was not from the Shaw, but Bartlett's doesn't seem to have it. My Bartlett's has it: "Hell is a city much like London - A populous and smoky city." Peter Bell the Third [1819], part III, st. 1 -- Jim Gillogly {decvax, vortex}!randvax!jim jim@rand-unix.arpa
jim@randvax.UUCP (Jim Gillogly) (03/08/86)
Oh, yes: Peter Bell the Third (source of the "Hell is a city much like London" quote) is by Percy Bysshe Shelley. Sorry... -- Jim Gillogly {decvax, vortex}!randvax!jim jim@rand-unix.arpa
leeper@mtgzz.UUCP (m.r.leeper) (03/11/86)
Thanks to M.E. Brennan (among others): "Hell is a city much like London--A populous and smoky city." Percy Bysshe Shelley from Peter Bell the Third pt. III, st. I.