Annotations - Martha Jane Anderson, "The Bird Craze" (1895)
her sway
influence
the power to bring about a result on another
leverage
the power to direct the thinking or behavior of others usually indirectly
control
the right or means to command or control others
to influence
to act upon (a person or a person's feelings) so as to cause a response
to lurch
to make a series of unsteady side-to-side motions
to govern
archaic to exercise authority or power over