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Marius Hancu - 30 Jan 2008 14:05 GMT

Hello:

"He said it rose on him," does this mean to make one sick, like food
riseing in the food tract?

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[Mr. Jupp complains about Pryer]

There was no doing anything to please him right. First I used to get
them eggs and bacon, and he didn't like that; and then I got him a bit
of fish, and he didn't like that, or else it was too dear, and you know
fish is dearer than ever; and then I got him a bit of German, and he
said it rose on him; then I tried sausages, and he said they hit him in
the eye worse even than German; oh! how I used to wander my room and
fret about it inwardly and cry for hours, and all about them paltry
breakfasts--and it wasn't Mr Pontifex; he'd like anything that anyone
chose to give him.

The Way of All Flesh, by Samuel Butler, p. 440
http://www.classicreader.com/read.php/bookid.265/sec.72
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Thanks.
Marius Hancu

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tony cooper - 30 Jan 2008 15:12 GMT

>Hello:
>
>"He said it rose on him," does this mean to make one sick, like food
>riseing in the food tract?

More likely that he meant that it made him belch. Food that "repeats"
causes a feeling that the food is coming back up and the result is a
burp or belch.

While belching may be uncomfortable, I wouldn't say it's in the area
of being sick.

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>[Mr. Jupp complains about Pryer]
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Tony Cooper - Orlando, Florida

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Barbara Bailey - 30 Jan 2008 15:40 GMT

>>"He said it rose on him," does this mean to make one sick, like food
>>riseing in the food tract?

...

> More likely that he meant that it made him belch. Food that "repeats"
> causes a feeling that the food is coming back up and the result is a
> burp or belch.
>
> While belching may be uncomfortable, I wouldn't say it's in the area
> of being sick.

Or it gave him heartburn/acid reflux.

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the Omrud - 30 Jan 2008 17:22 GMT

>> Hello:
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>> http://www.classicreader.com/read.php/bookid.265/sec.72
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I'm more interested in the cannibalism.

... the trouble with poet, is
how do you know it's
deceased?
Try the priest.

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David (not yet plucked up the courage to sit through it).

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Discussion Groups / English Usage / January 2008

It rose on him