war of the elements

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It was all the same though, since both were bitter enemies to fire; and presently the merry war of the elements, that has gone on since the world began, would be in full play.

From The Boy Scouts in the Maine Woods The New Test for the Silver Fox Patrol by Carter, Herbert

The boat that adventures to a wreck meets with disaster itself occasionally; and in the war of the elements some of its gallant crew have sometimes been the first of its victims.”

From The Sea: Its Stirring Story of Adventure, Peril, & Heroism. Volume 2 by Whymper, Frederick

Yet what would be thought, on the other hand, if he precipitated himself into the inhospitable night and the war of the elements in his ball-dress?

From Loss and Gain The Story of a Convert by Newman, John Henry

It was more dreadful to listen to the ravings of Durant than to witness the fearful war of the elements.

From Ellen Walton The Villain and His Victims by Addison, Alvin

A quarrel and a tumult threatened; for fierce as the war of the elements was the tempest raging in the breasts of men who had been closest friends.

From The Making of William Edwards or The Story of the Bridge of Beauty by Banks, Mrs. G. Linnaeus