Jane Austenの "pride and prejudice" を読んでいます。
“Lizzy, you must not do so. You must not suspect me. It mortifies me. I assure you that I have now learnt to enjoy his conversation as an agreeable and sensible young man, without having a wish beyond it. I am perfectly satisfied, from what his manners now are, that he never had any design of engaging my affection. It is only that he is blessed with greater sweetness of address, and a stronger desire of generally pleasing, than any other man.”
"address" の意味を辞書で確認します。
・Oxford English Dictionary: archaic A person's manner of speaking to someone else.: his address was abrupt and unceremonious
・Collins Dictionary: archaic manner or style of speaking or conversation
Merriam-Websterに次の様な "address" の説明と、Jane Austenのどの小説か分かりませんが（"pride and prejudice"では無いようだ）引用文を掲載しています。
address: dutiful and courteous attention especially in courtship —usually used in plural: "Here is a young man wishing to pay his addresses to you, with everything to recommend him." — Jane Austen
“Lizzy, you must not do so. You must not suspect me. It mortifies me. I assure you that I have now learnt to enjoy his conversation as an agreeable and sensible young man, without having a wish beyond it. I am perfectly satisfied, from what his manners now are, that he never had any design of engaging my affection. It is only that he is blessed with greater sweetness of address, and a stronger desire of generally pleasing, than any other man.”
"address" の意味を辞書で確認します。
・Oxford English Dictionary: archaic A person's manner of speaking to someone else.: his address was abrupt and unceremonious
・Collins Dictionary: archaic manner or style of speaking or conversation
Merriam-Websterに次の様な "address" の説明と、Jane Austenのどの小説か分かりませんが（"pride and prejudice"では無いようだ）引用文を掲載しています。
address: dutiful and courteous attention especially in courtship —usually used in plural: "Here is a young man wishing to pay his addresses to you, with everything to recommend him." — Jane Austen
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