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read the passage.

the setting sun is reflected from the windows of the almshouse as brightly as from the rich man’s abode; the snow melts before its door as early in the spring.
what does this passage from walden by henry david thoreau literally mean?

rich and poor alike can enjoy the wonders of nature.
people are always where they need to be in life.
it is better to be rich than to be poor.
rich and poor alike can enjoy love and friendship.

Which link would readers of this dictionary entry click if they wanted more information about the historical origins of the word language

Read the following passage: he roamed from chamber to chamber with hurried, unequal, and objectless step. the pallor of his countenance had assumed, if possible, a more ghastly hue— but the luminousness of his eye had utterly gone out. the once occasional huskiness of his tone was heard no more; and a tremulous quaver, as if of extreme terror, habitually characterized his utterance. there were times, indeed, when i thought his unceasingly agitated mind was laboring with some oppressive secret, to divulge which he struggled for the necessary courage. which of the above ideas might be considered foreshadowing? he is wandering all over the chamber his skin tone is really pale his voice is quivering the narrator thinks he is laboring with an oppressive secret

Once soueif's and her nieces join the protest, there is a distinct shift in the tone.