By this speech he sought to ingratiate himself with these people at no expense to himself.
"Landolin"
Berthold Auerbach
Thither the young couple repaired to pass their honeymoon; the enamoured bridegroom gladly availing himself of the opportunity to ingratiate himself with his new connexion, by adopting the seclusion he saw practised by the English on such occasions.
"The Confessions of Harry Lorrequer, Complete"
Charles James Lever (1806-1872)
Disraeli tried his hardest to ingratiate himself with the distinguished caricaturist, but Leech, proof against the wiles of the charmer, rejoined some months afterwards with the famous cartoon wherein Disraeli, who had lately proclaimed that, although the cause was lost, there should be some retribution for those who betrayed it, figured as a spiteful ringletted viper, and Peel as a smiling unconcerned old file.
"The History of "Punch""
M. H. Spielmann