war of the elements

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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

But in witnessing even the war of the elements at sea, a sailor often finds a strange, wild pleasure.

From O'er Many Lands, on Many Seas by Stables, Gordon

My father and Mr. Tiffany were playing chess, and did not seem to be at all disturbed by the war of the elements.

From Up the River or, Yachting on the Mississippi by Optic, Oliver

It is," answered Beverly, "as if Nature were rejoicing that the war of the elements is over, and a peace proclaimed.

From Fort Lafayette or, Love and Secession by Wood, Benjamin

The war of the elements harmonized strangely with the weird fancies of the weak man who sat at Jim's side.

From Sevenoaks by Holland, J. G. (Josiah Gilbert)