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With an instinctive yet involuntary impulse, the artist slipped the sketch of Christine's head, by the aid of which he was remodelling the principal figure of his picture, into a portfolio.

From His Masterpiece by Vizetelly, Ernest Alfred

The moderation and restraint, which had won the hearts of the citizens, worked their magic even in the disorganised rabble which he was remodelling into an army.

From A History of Rome During the Later Republic and Early Principate by Greenidge, A. H. J. (Abel Hendy Jones)

Metternich had an ally, too, in Schornhurst, who was remodelling the whole military system of Prussia.

From Beacon Lights of History, Volume 09 European Statesmen by Lord, John