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According to legend she rode naked through Coventry in order to persuade her husband not to tax the townspeople so heavily
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godiva
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Godiva or Lady Godiva was an Anglo-Saxon noblewoman who, according to legend, rode naked through the streets of Coventry, in England, in order to gain a remission of the oppressive taxation imposed by her husband on his tenants. Godiva or Lady Godiva may ...
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Nature, a rush of shining black hair, which, shaken loose, would cloud her all round, like Godiva, from brow to instep!
Harriman, and, secondly, he was quite capable of planning a campaign to convince the public that Lady Godiva wore a Caresse-brand girdle during her famous ride or that Hercules attributed his strength to Crunchies for breakfast.
The horses snuffled and snorted, and one whinnied softly, as Chrissie ran past them to the last box on the left, where a dapple-gray mare named Godiva was in residence.
She urged Godiva to turn left, away from the sea, away from the house as well, back along the stables, and out toward the half-mile driveway that led to the county road, where they were more likely to find help.
He sprinted toward her, and he was startlingly quick, but he was no match for Godiva They came to the driveway, and Chrissie kept Godiva on the soft verge, parallel to that hard-surfaced lane.
She knew he would do anything to stop her, that he might even attempt to ram Godiva with the Honda.
Her heart pounded in time with the frantic thumping of hooves, and she felt almost as if she and Godiva were not rider and horse but one being, sharing the same heart and blood and breath.
When they had traversed three-quarters of the field, with the woods looming, Chrissie decided to turn east again when they reached the trees, not straight toward the county road but in that general direction, and Godiva fell.
For a moment she entertained the idea of going back for Godiva or another horse.
His Nataly might have to go through a short sharp term of scorching-- Godiva to the gossips.
When the check came, Marat peeled three one-hundred-dollar bills from his money clip and placed them on the small silver tray that the waiter had brought bearing the check and a pair of Godiva chocolates.