Frank J. Wilstach, comp. A Dictionary of Similes. 1916.

Increase

Increase like wind and oil on a fatal fire.
—Anonymous

Increased, like a spreading sore.
—Andrew Lang

Increased as fast as the calendar of saints.
—Thomas Paine

Increased my fury, as the beating of a drum stimulates the soldier in courage.
—Edgar Allan Poe

Increased as the chant of the dawn that the choir of the noon outsings.
—Algernon Charles Swinburne