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
They carried her out from the desolate homestead, and laid her cold remains beneath the grassy sod, where neither the war of the elements, nor of human passions could ever disturb her more.
From Graham's Magazine Vol XXXII No. 6 June 1848 by Conrad, Robert Taylor
How utterly helpless and insignificant I felt amid the war of the elements.
From The Cruise of the Mary Rose Here and There in the Pacific by Pearse, Alfred
Mrs. Lucien Shaw, of Los Angeles, wife of Judge Shaw of the State Supreme Court, disappeared in the war of the elements that raged in San Francisco.
From Complete Story of the San Francisco Horror by Linthicum, Richard
“Do!” said Patty, who was wrought up to a tense pitch of excitement by the war of the elements without, and the novelty of the situation within.
From Patty's Summer Days by Wells, Carolyn
