war of the elements

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The wind still howled, and the thunder still roared; but in the fiercest war of the elements, I fancied I could every now and then hear the piercing shrieks sent up to heaven for assistance.

From The Little Savage by Marryat, Frederick

Then, in the war of the elements, or of man's angry passions, he also lightened and thundered, and swore big guns.

From Dulcibel A Tale of Old Salem by Pyle, Howard

Thunder and lightning, however, which belonged to that particular war of the elements, are rare in England.

From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 12, No. 73, November, 1863 by Various

One thing was certain, that though the battle might have ceased the war of the elements was raging more furiously than ever.

From Tales of the Sea And of our Jack Tars by Robertson, T.

In one place—toward the southwest—the rim of rock broke, and here the earth had sloughed away before the ages-long war of the elements, the result being a broad, flume-like chute leading downward.

From A Maid of the Kentucky Hills by Litsey, Edwin Carlile