war of the elements

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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

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

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

Nevertheless the war of the elements seemed to touch him but little; the glare of life broke dimly through the thickening ice of death.

From The Campaner Thal and Other Writings by Jean Paul

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 Newman, John Henry