D. <span>to show that the sailor's warning is based on his experience in stormy seas</span>
Answer:control or influence (a person or situation) cleverly, unfairly, or unscrupulously.
Explanation:
It mean to trick someone into doing something you want them to do instead of what they want to do without letting them know its your choice not theirs.
Answer:
what ! I dint understand the question
Can I know what poem or short story these lines are from?