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Godiva, Lady
1- An English noblewoman of the eleventh century. She supposedly rode naked through her town of Coventry to save the people from an oppressive tax. ( See under “Mythology and Folklore.” )
Godiva, Lady
2- An English noblewoman of the eleventh century. According to legend, Lady Godiva once rode naked on horseback through the streets of Coventry, England , covered only by her long hair. Her husband, the story goes, had imposed taxes on the people of Coventry, and he agreed to lift the taxes only if Godiva took her famous ride. ( See peeping Tom .)
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Whether, as has been conjectured, it was the first time Lady Godiva had ever made her appearance, there seems more doubt.
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And Jimmy, the mean cur, not to have got her that shop, when she had such a splendid idea: Lady Godiva on a bike!
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Woman has played for too many centuries the part which Lady Godiva plays in the old legend.
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Until the present century, an annual pageant honored the memory of Lady Godiva, and is even now occasionally revived.
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And when he was gone, the Lady Godiva bowed her head into her lap and wept long and bitterly.
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