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Although she is in her declining years, although grey hair now covers her head and time marked her brow with indelible signs of age, yet her licentiousness still does not diminish.
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The speaker describes an older woman whose visible signs of aging have not reduced her licentiousness, meaning her sexually unrestrained behavior. The repeated “although” sets her age and grey hair against the claim that this behavior “still does not diminish.” The wording is judgmental, presenting continued sexual desire or conduct as surprising or improper because of her age.
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- Library of Congress-hosted academic volume, quoting *On the Corruption of Morals in Russia*
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