war of the elements

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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

In this war of the elements, however, two processions were seen advancing to the Church of Sta.

From Walks in Rome by Hare, Augustus J. C.

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

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

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