Both Uses of
specimen
in
Sense and Sensibility
- This specimen of the Miss Steeles was enough.†
Chpt 21 *specimen = an example regarded as typical of its class
- They were three days on their journey, and Marianne's behaviour as they travelled was a happy specimen of what future complaisance and companionableness to Mrs. Jennings might be expected to be.†
Chpt 26
Definition:
an example thought to represent its type; or a bit of tissue, blood, or urine that is taken for diagnostic purposes