Frank J. Wilstach, comp. A Dictionary of Similes. 1916.
Multiply
Multiply in swarms, like vermin.
—Victor Hugo
Their forms and features multiplied,
As the reflection of a light
Between two burnished mirrors gleams,
Or lamps upon a bridge at night
Stretch on and on before the sight,
Till the long vista endless seems.
—Henry W. Longfellow
Multiply in seed like Abraham.
—François Rabelais
Multiplied like grasshoppers upon the face of the land.
—François Rabelais
Multiply as the bud of the field.
—Old Testament
Multiply thy seed as the stars of heaven.
—Old Testament
Multiply like insects in the sun.
—Charles Wagner