Garrick lies by the side of Johnson, and I thought at first that Goldsmith lay near; but it is only a monument--the body is interred in Temple churchyard.
"You are continually misled in this way unless you refer at every minute to your guide-book, and to go through Europe reading a guide-book which you can read at home seems to be a waste of time.

On the stone beneath which Addison lies is engraved the verse from Tickell's ode: "'Ne'er to these chambers where the mighty rest,' etc.
"The base of Newton's monument is of white marble, a solid mass large enough to support a coffin; upon that a sarcophagus rests.

The remains are not enclosed within.

As I stepped aside I found I had been standing upon a slab marked 'Isaac Newton,' beneath which the great man's remains lie.
"On the side of the sarcophagus is a white marble slab, with figures in bas-relief.

One of these imaginary beings appears to be weighing the planets on a steel-yard.