| 单词 | Lady Godiva |
| 例句 | "If Dad were here,” Bill said, "he’d probably blind him, like they did back in Lady Godiva’s day.” Cheaper by the Dozen 1948-01-01T00:00:00Z He arranged for a woman in a beige body stocking to ride through Central Park like Lady Godiva, on a horse named Taxpayer. Jerome Tuccille, Libertarian Author and Trump Biographer, Dies at 79 2017-02-24T05:00:00Z Legend says the original Lady Godiva rode through Coventry wearing nothing but her flowing hair, to save the people from unjust taxes. Zandra Rhodes plans iron corset for Godiva's Olympic ride 2011-03-14T01:00:00Z I dressed up as Lady Godiva in a nice coat, and I rode on the horse all around the room. The Guardian Family Friendly Museum Award 2010-04-02T23:07:00Z And for all the teenagers who have read the original versions of Grimm’s Fairy Tales, I suspect there are those who know the story of Lady Godiva.” Lara Croft battles male jerks 2012-06-14T16:15:00Z In years past, she transformed herself with over-the-top costumes like Lady Godiva, the Hindu goddess Kali and a robotic superhero. Scene City: Halloween by Heidi (Klum) 2011-11-03T20:01:04Z Her uncredited screen debut was in Lady Godiva Rides Again in 1951 as an entrant to a beauty contest, while Egyptian epic Land of the Pharaohs four years later grabbed her greater attention. Joan Collins: Profile 2014-12-30T05:00:00Z Lady Godiva's naked protest against taxation in 11th-century Coventry may be apocryphal but, as the Californian anti-war group "Breasts not Bombs" have showed, getting naked is an effective way to spread a message. A Brief History of Nakedness by Philip Carr-Gomm – review 2013-03-15T17:37:01Z In years past, she transformed herself with such over-the-top costumes as Lady Godiva, the Hindu goddess Kali and a robotic superhero. Scene City: Halloween by Heidi (Klum) 2011-11-01T21:52:03Z In one version, a character quips about Pocahontas, while in the other the wisecrack involves Lady Godiva. The Race to Save the Films We Love 2016-08-25T04:00:00Z Shuttling between reality and flamboyant myth, touching on everything from the legend of Lady Godiva to the history of coffee, Nazli's enigmatic tale sometimes struggles to stay on track. Mare Rider – review 2013-01-28T12:53:00Z How Lady Godiva used her hair to cover her nakedness. What’s the Big Deal About a Woman Being Bald? 2022-04-21T04:00:00Z The three-part Channel 5 show sees The Repair Shop star visit Coventry to learn about the legend of Lady Godiva and Stoke-on-Trent to hear how Josiah Wedgwood made the area known for its pottery. Repair Shop's Jay Blades celebrates Midlands' history in TV show 2023-10-11T04:00:00Z California law enforcement had a Lady Godiva moment Tuesday afternoon — if Godiva had a white vehicle instead of a white steed and was armed with a knife and a pistol. Woman sheds clothes, walks on a Bay Area freeway, firing a gun wildly 2023-07-26T04:00:00Z Snow White, Lady Godiva, Adam and Eve could have a lot to say about the mixed imagery. Glam Adele is anything but a 'hot mess' in new music video for 'Oh My God' 2022-01-12T05:00:00Z “Lady Godiva was a freedom rider / She didn’t care if the whole world looked,” went “Maude’s” theme, memorably sung by Donny Hathaway. Marilyn Bergman, award-winning lyricist for Barbra Streisand and other music giants, dies at 93 2022-01-08T05:00:00Z She describes how Coventry women were also at the heart of a campaign against the poll tax "which is quite apt when you link that to Lady Godiva". Coventry City of Culture: The women who helped shape a 'city of justice' 2021-07-17T04:00:00Z When Lady Godiva took to these streets in the 11th century to protest unfair taxes, there was no car industry. Boom and Bust History in Britain’s Motor City 2019-08-29T04:00:00Z Clumps of fine blond thread cascaded down from hooks, looking like Lady Godiva wigs. An Economic Moment, Frozen in Time 2016-08-11T04:00:00Z My hair has been tried at every conceivable length that hair can be worn, other than Lady Godiva and bald. What Hillary really meant to say on her historic night 2016-07-29T04:00:00Z Given a choice between Lady Godiva, Joseph Wright and Highcross, the latter won out. I'm an American Leicester City fan. My Midlands honeymoon converted me | Sean Keeler 2016-05-05T04:00:00Z The Lady Godiva statue is fully clothed in it. Perils of mixing sport and politics 2014-06-17T04:00:00Z The original Lady Godiva famously rode naked on horseback through Coventry in protest against high taxes. Godiva puppet in homecoming parade 2013-08-10T14:14:17Z When the first Lady Godiva rode through the streets of Coventry 1000-odd years ago, she just had to get a tax break for the people from her grasping husband. Olympics 2012: Godiva awakes in Coventry – and heads for London 2012-07-29T15:20:15Z The 6m-tall puppet figure of Lady Godiva is to continue its journey around Coventry on Sunday, before departing for London. Godiva puppet to start journey 2012-07-29T01:35:57Z Lady Godiva, riding naked through the streets of Coventry, was not more heroic than Dorothy riding naked through her own mind for the sake of that Lucius-Clare-to-be called by courtesy Viscount Clare. The Vanity Girl 2012-04-12T02:00:26.883Z While as for Lady Godiva— New times, new ways. Superwomen 2012-04-03T02:00:38.047Z I saw Lady Godiva borne through the streets, more clothed than she appears in the pictures, in the midst of a gay and solemn procession, tricked out in old-fashioned frippery. Spiritual Adventures 2012-02-17T03:00:27.070Z I see, Sir, that St. George appears in this story with Lady Godiva; pray, Sir, who was St. George? Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 62, Feb 3, 1872 2012-02-10T03:00:16.947Z The Lady Godiva puppet will later travel to London to celebrate the 2012 Games, powered by a team of cyclists. Godiva puppet to start journey 2012-07-29T01:35:57Z Coventry was really very “Victorian” in its attitude toward Lady Godiva’s “protest.” Down the Columbia 2011-12-10T03:00:16.583Z The people of that city suffering grievously under the earl’s oppressive taxation, Lady Godiva appealed again and again to her husband, who obstinately refused to remit the tolls. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 2 "Gloss" to "Gordon, Charles George" 2011-10-31T02:00:28.703Z The Lady Godiva was very thankful to know that she had yet a son to protect her. The Boy's Book of Heroes 2011-09-06T02:00:10.323Z I regret to notice that Miss Sheridan, who, with much discretion, performs the part of the Lady Godiva, is suffering from cold, and is, consequently, a little hoarse. Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 62, Feb 3, 1872 2012-02-10T03:00:16.947Z The choice of character Aurelian insisted upon deciding, and he chose Lady Godiva. World's End A Story in Three Books 2011-08-16T02:00:47.740Z Lady Godiva, for instance, will be all right for a ball where the dress is left to the fancy, but you must not envelop her in problems. Mr. Punch at the Play Humours of Music and the Drama 2011-06-29T02:00:22.990Z Lady Godiva took him at his word, and after issuing a proclamation that all persons should keep within doors or shut their windows, she rode through, clothed only in her long hair. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 2 "Gloss" to "Gordon, Charles George" 2011-10-31T02:00:28.703Z It is said that a countess of Hereford procured for them their privileges by the performance of a feat similar to that of the Lady Godiva. The Wye and Its Associations a picturesque ramble 2011-06-12T02:00:06.820Z I confess, however, that I do not perceive by what process St. George has been brought into the comparatively modern legend of Lady Godiva. Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 62, Feb 3, 1872 2012-02-10T03:00:16.947Z The character of Lady Godiva was one exactly fitted for her. World's End A Story in Three Books 2011-08-16T02:00:47.740Z I hope your grandchildren liked the circus, Lady Godiva. Mr. Punch at the Play Humours of Music and the Drama 2011-06-29T02:00:22.990Z The procession of the Lady Godiva still takes place every few years. With the World's Great Travellers, Volume 3 2011-03-21T02:00:11.920Z One, displaying a black eagle upon a yellow field, is said to be the blazon of Leofric, Earl of Mercia, Lady Godiva’s husband, “that grim Earl who ruled in Coventry.” Stained Glass Tours in England 2011-01-03T03:01:00.547Z Joan's evil imagination pictured her Cousin Iphigenia frequenting the polite world clad, like the Lady Godiva, chiefly in hair, and she chuckled; but at the same time she kissed both ladies impulsively. Why Joan? 2011-01-02T03:00:20.290Z The players made a sort of group around me while I did my Lady Godiva act from the plate to the bench. Pitching in a Pinch or, Baseball from the Inside There may be a little tour to Coventry, the quaint old town associated with the story of Lady Godiva. Woman's Club Work and Programs First Aid to Club Women There is Coventry with all its traditions, from the Lady Godiva to Mary Queen of Scots. With the World's Great Travellers, Volume 3 2011-03-21T02:00:11.920Z Even an experience of the Paddington Swimming Baths would have helped me; but coming straight from India Lady Godiva was a ballet-girl in sentiment compared to this Act�on. From Sea to Sea Letters of Travel Exact copy of one of Lady Godiva’s dinner-dresses as drawn in last week’s Queen. The Daughters of a Genius You look like Lady Godiva, or like the Fair One with Locks of Gold, if you prefer that. The Galaxy, May, 1877 Vol. XXIII.—May, 1877.—No. 5. To his amazement, doubtless, the Lady Godiva accepted the condition; and Leofric faithfully carried out his agreement. Women of England Lady Godiva scarcely seemed to touch the ground with her hoofs. Jena or Sedan? His little love-affair was as clandestine as Lady Godiva’s famous bareback ride. The Cup of Fury A Novel of Cities and Shipyards Her satiny hair, wound round her small head, conveyed the idea that if unbound it would enshroud her, like Lady Godiva's, in a veil. A Vanished Hand She spent her life receiving chocolates 322 and sweets and distributing her photograph as Lady Godiva, with her signature. The Bill-Toppers Coventry’s annual Lady Godiva procession took place last week, and was a success. Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 147, July 29, 1914 Lady Godiva neighed with pleasure as she cantered along the well-known path; the gentle ascent which she had to traverse in no way exhausted her long-restrained impatience. Jena or Sedan? Sister Ursula retreated into the cellar, dropped on her knees, and was praying—praying as Lady Godiva prayed before she mounted her palfrey. The Idler Magazine, Volume III, June 1893 An Illustrated Monthly Nor need we regret having strayed; for we are brought naturally to one of the most interesting of our national legends, namely, that of Lady Godiva; and it will well repay a little consideration. The Science of Fairy Tales An Inquiry into Fairy Mythology And Jimmy, the mean cur, not to have got her that shop, when she had such a splendid idea: Lady Godiva on a bike! The Bill-Toppers Herein lies an error, just as a sculptor would err who should present Lady Godiva as fully draped, or Sappho merely as a sweet singer of Lesbos, or Antinous only as a fine young man. The Gypsies This was no impediment to an unerring fencer like Lady Godiva. Jena or Sedan? "Bibliothecam," however, was the Latin for a Bible in the middle ages: so that in fact the Lady Godiva gave them a Bible divided into two parts, or volumes. Bibliomania in the Middle Ages Concerning which it must be observed that they are evidence that the myth of Lady Godiva is widely diffused in the East, and that the spy is usually, though not always, part of the tale. The Science of Fairy Tales An Inquiry into Fairy Mythology And yet she couldn’t go about naked, like Lady Godiva! The Bill-Toppers Woman has played for too many centuries the part which Lady Godiva plays in the old legend. Women and Politics And are there not a Saint Elizabeth and a Lady Godiva, capable of supernal deeds of self-denial and heroism for the sake of blessing the poor? The Friendships of Women He had wanted to get out, and now he wanted to get in; for he felt very much as Lady Godiva would have felt if her hair or her heroism had proved unworthy of confidence. Alec Forbes of Howglen Whether Lady Godiva was a primitive part of it is another question. The Science of Fairy Tales An Inquiry into Fairy Mythology In order that the prince might be sure she hadPg 198 inherited none of the father's deformity, she was called upon to show herself in the garb of Lady Godiva before his ambassadors. Frédéric Mistral Poet and Leader in Provence Perhaps the brief thing of Lady Godiva is the nearest approach, and Elaine faultless as the picture of a maiden-heart brought up in "the innocence of ignorance." Juliana Horatia Ewing And Her Books Lady Godiva.—A close-fitting dress might suggest the idea of nudity; but was not the horse borrowed from the warrior Lady of Mercia Ethelfleda? Notes and Queries, Number 59, December 14, 1850 Nina was promised that she should sit for Lady Godiva, as soon as the donkey was caught; for she was to be represented seated on him instead of a horse. The Continental Monthly, Vol. 1, No. 5, May, 1862 Devoted To Literature And National Policy Its object then was to proclaim the Great Fair, and Lady Godiva was merely an incident in it. The Science of Fairy Tales An Inquiry into Fairy Mythology Lady Godiva, on the contrary, had moved amongst the people, and knew the great privations they had suffered through having to pay these heavy taxes, and had often pleaded with her husband on their behalf. From John O'Groats to Land's End Hamilton called her, as the fancy moved him, Egeria, Boadicea, or Lady Godiva. The Conqueror There has been a shortage of provisions in the city where Lady Godiva suffered from a shortage of clothes. Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 153, November 28, 1917 Taking them off, he hung them on the banisters, and, with a passing thought of Lady Godiva, closed the kitchen door and advanced again towards the grate, still grasping the poker in his hand. Essays in Rebellion Here they are instructed in religion and ceremonial, and at the expiration of the time set, are brought back to town at night, and indulge in a sort of Lady Godiva procession until daybreak. The Child and Childhood in Folk-Thought Studies of the Activities and Influences of the Child Among Primitive Peoples, Their Analogues and Survivals in the Civilization of To-Day The ride ended, the taxes were repealed, and ever afterwards the good Lady Godiva was enshrined in the hearts of the people of Coventry. From John O'Groats to Land's End "Wretched boy!" said the Lady Godiva, and hid her face in her hands; "and more wretched I, to have brought such a son into the world!" Hereward, the Last of the English Lady Godiva would have been highly pleased with such modest people: they looked, yet did not show themselves, and did not hinder. The Created Legend When this was read, after a night of frenzy, to Crowland Torfrida went under the guidance of Martin, and laid her head upon the knees of the Lady Godiva. The World's Greatest Books — Volume 05 — Fiction The Joker and Lady Godiva, is probably the best specimen living. Dogs and All about Them Orders were given by the people that everybody should darken their windows and retire to the back part of their houses until Lady Godiva had passed. From John O'Groats to Land's End And when he was gone, the Lady Godiva bowed her head into her lap and wept long and bitterly. Hereward, the Last of the English The eyes of the men seemed veritably to disregard her clothes, to make her feel another Lady Godiva. The Everlasting Whisper She had made herself a Lady Godiva; by this night of conspicuous revelry she had undone everything. The Winds of Chance There is much sly humour in the tale, as for example when we are told that even the cats and dogs were comforted when "Lady Godiva" ceased to make her rounds. The Life of Sir Richard Burton He saw on the pedestal, that the piece was called 'Lady Godiva.' Women in Love "Throw you to the ground?" shuddered the Lady Godiva. Hereward, the Last of the English "What is that to thee?" said Lady Godiva, blushing and kindling. Hereward, the Last of the English "Tell him," said Lady Godiva, "who calls himself my son, that my sons were men of honor, and that he must have been changed at nurse." Hereward, the Last of the English And she clung round the Lady Godiva, till the broken and ruined widow opened all her heart to her, and took her in her arms, and fondled her as if she had been a babe. Hereward, the Last of the English That, at least, was a misery which she would not confide to Lady Godiva, or to any soul on earth. Hereward, the Last of the English He was a lad to have gladdened the eyes of any mother: but there was no gladness in the Lady Godiva's eyes as she received him; nor had there been for many a year. Hereward, the Last of the English Torfrida went straight on, speaking to no one, not even to the prioress; and into Lady Godiva's chamber. Hereward, the Last of the English "Death! death! death!" said Lady Godiva, as the feathers fluttered down into the boat and rested on the dead boy's pall. Hereward, the Last of the English The Lady Godiva sat crouched together, all but alone,—for her bower-maidens had fled or been carried off long since,—upon a low stool beside a long dark thing covered with a pall. Hereward, the Last of the English Then the Lady Godiva suddenly drew back her hood, and dropping on her knees, threw her arms round Hereward's neck, and wept till she could weep no more. Hereward, the Last of the English "Silence, man!" said Lady Godiva, so sternly that Martin saw that he had gone too far. Hereward, the Last of the English She would have preferred, and the Lady Godiva too, after their experience of the world and the flesh, to have devoted her daughter to Heaven in the minster there. Hereward, the Last of the English I am come to see the Lady Godiva. Hereward, the Last of the English |
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