war of the elements

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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

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

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

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