Mr. Lambkin finds that he has been going rather too fast in the Pursuit of Pleasure and Amusement, and like all other Lads of Spirit when he can go no farther comes to a standstill.——— Being really very ill he sends for his Medical Friend who feels his pulse, shakes his head at his tongue, and of course prescribes the proper remedies.
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PLATE 18
Mr. Lambkin has to be nursed and to go through a regular course of medicine, taking many a bitter pill and requiring all the sweet persuasive powers of Mrs. Slops to take his "regular doses" of "that horrid nasty stuff."
