war of the elements
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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 Howard Pyle
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 Oliver Optic
Yet what would be thought, on the other hand, if he precipitated himself into the inhospitable night and the war of the elements in his ball-dress?
From Loss and Gain The Story of a Convert by John Henry Newman
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 Robert Taylor Conrad
But the captain was inexorable, and seizing the wheel himself, he defied the war of the elements, and steered the vessel on her ordinary course.
From Caxton's Book: A Collection of Essays, Poems, Tales, and Sketches. by W. H. (William Henry) Rhodes
