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after the bridge at Wilton, designed by Inigo Jones. It 

 leads to 



THE TEMPLE OF FRIENDSHIP, 



a large Structure of the Tuscan order: on the outside of 

 which is this motto : 



AmicitI-K S. Sacred to Friendship. 



MDCCXXXIX. 



The inside is furnished with Busts in white marble, of 

 the late Viscount Cobham and his political friends, viz. 

 Frederick, Prince of Wales; the Earls of Chesterfield, 

 Westmoreland, and Marchmont; the Lords Cobham, Gower, 

 and Bathurst; Richard Grenville, late Earl Temple; William 

 Pitt, late Earl of Chatham; and George Lyttelton, late 

 Lord Lyttelton. 



From thence the walk conducts to 



THE PEBBLE ALCOVE, 



■■< ; ' f- ,*?*"-♦• \ ■ ■ • and : - ' ■. •■ '• ' '■■>$ 



CONGREVE'S MONUMENT, by Kent. 



The embellishments round the latter are designed to express 

 the Poet's genius in the dramatic line ; upon the top sits a 

 monkey viewing himself in a mirror, with this inscription : 



Vita? imitatio 

 Consuetudinis speculum 

 Comcedia. 



Comedy is the imitation of life, and the mirror of fashion. 



