in foreign land

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The group found that even Naga elders were unaware that their ancestral remains were in foreign land.

From BBC • Nov. 18, 2024

Sure 'tis fair in foreign land, But not so fair as home; Let me but see thy mountains grand Glaciers and snowy dome!

From O. T. a Danish Romance by Andersen, H. C. (Hans Christian)

Went greatest of armies,—the footmen were strengthened35 With chosen bands,—till in foreign land The fighters-with-darts upón the Danube's Bank were encamping, the brave in heart, 'Round the welling of waters, with tumult of host.

From Elene; Judith; Athelstan, or the Fight at Brunanburh; Byrhtnoth, or the Fight at Maldon; and the Dream of the Rood Anglo-Saxon Poems by Garnett, James Mercer

Keep it, to mind you in foreign land   Of the lady's love that set you free.

From Ballad Book by Bates, Katherine Lee

Man alone, intent to stray, Ever turns from WISDOM’S way; Lays up wealth in foreign land, Sows the sea, and plows the sand.

From Moores Fables for the Female Sex by Moore, Edward Caldwell