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William the Conqueror

정복왕 윌리엄

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A biography of William, Duke of Normandy, who invaded England in 1066 and became its king. It is written for young readers as part of Jacob Abbott's historical series.

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“In selecting the subjects for the successive volumes of this series, it has been the object of the author to look for the names of those great personages whose histories constitute useful, and not merely entertaining, knowledge.” William the Conqueror · Jacob Abbott

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It lies, as will be seen upon the map, on the coast of France, adjoining the English Channel.

지도에서 볼 수 있듯이, 그것은 영국 해협에 인접한 프랑스 해안에 위치해 있습니다.

The Channel is here irregular in form, but may be, perhaps, on the average, one hundred miles wide.

이 해협은 형태가 불규칙하지만 평균적으로 폭이 100마일 정도 될 수 있습니다.

The line of coast on the southern side of the Channel, which forms, of course, the northern border of Normandy, is a range of cliffs, which are almost perpendicular toward the sea, and which frown forbiddingly upon every ship that sails along the shore.

물론 노르망디의 북쪽 경계를 이루는 해협 남쪽 해안선은 바다를 향해 거의 수직으로 솟아 있는 절벽으로 이루어져 있으며, 해안을 따라 항해하는 모든 배를 위협적으로 내려다보고 있습니다.

Here and there, it is true, a river opens a passage for itself among these cliffs from the interior, and these river mouths would form harbors into which ships might enter from the offing, were it not that the northwestern winds prevail so generally, and drive such a continual swell of rolling surges in upon the shore, that they choke up all these estuary openings, as well as every natural indentation of the land, with shoals and bars of sand and shingle.

사실, 강은 곳곳에서 이 절벽들 사이로 내륙에서 흘러들어 수로를 만들고, 이 강어귀들은 배가 먼 바다에서 들어올 수 있는 항구를 형성할 수 있었을 것이다. 그러나 북서풍이 일반적으로 불어와 해안에 끊임없이 큰 파도를 몰아쳐서 이 모든 강어귀 입구뿐 아니라 육지의 모든 자연적인 만입부까지 모래톱과 자갈톱으로 막아버리기 때문이다.

The reverse is the case with the northern, or English shore of this famous channel.

이 유명한 해협의 북쪽, 즉 영국 해안의 경우는 정반대입니다.

There the harbors formed by the mouths of the rivers, or by the sinuosities of the shore, are open and accessible, and at the same time sheltered from the winds and the sea.

강어귀나 해안의 굴곡으로 형성된 항구는 개방되어 접근하기 쉬우면서도 바람과 바다로부터 보호됩니다.

Thus, while the northern or English shore has been, for many centuries, all the time enticing the seaman in and out over the calm, deep, and sheltered waters which there penetrate the land, the southern side has been an almost impassable barrier, consisting of a long line of frowning cliffs, with every opening through it choked with shoals and sand-banks, and guarded by the rolling and tumbling of surges which scarcely ever rest.

이와 같이 북쪽 또는 영국 해안은 수 세기 동안 잔잔하고 깊고 안전한 해역을 통해 뱃사람들을 끊임없이 유혹해 왔지만, 남쪽 해안은 험준한 절벽이 길게 늘어서 있고 모든 통로가 여울과 모래톱으로 막혀 있으며 끊임없이 밀려드는 파도로 둘러싸인 거의 통행 불가능한 장벽이었습니다.

It is in a great measure owing to these great physical differences between the two shores, that the people who live upon the one side, though of the same stock and origin with those who live upon the other, have become so vastly superior to them in respect to naval exploits and power.

두 해안 사이의 이러한 큰 물리적 차이로 인해, 비록 한쪽 해안에 사는 사람들과 다른 쪽 해안에 사는 사람들이 같은 혈통과 출신임에도 불구하고 해상 활동과 군사력 면에서 그들보다 훨씬 우월해졌습니다.

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Book details

Title
William the Conqueror (정복왕 윌리엄)
Author
Jacob Abbott
Genre
Biography, History
Original language
English
Translations in app
21 languages
Price
Free

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