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Samuel Johnson [ Art and Literature ] … were wrong, but in supporting which, his reasoning and wit would be most conspicuous. [...] He appeared to have a pleasure in contradiction, especially when any opinion whatever was delivered with an air of confidence; so that there … Celebrity | Conversation | Depression | Clubs | Fame | Gender Encyclopedia