dernier ressort
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Mr. Barclay and myself have thought of Cairnes, at L'Ori-ent, as a dernier ressort.
From Memoir, Correspondence, And Miscellanies, From The Papers Of Thomas Jefferson, Volume 1 by Thomas Jefferson Randolph
It was only, therefore, by the urgency of a despairing effort, as a dernier ressort, these had now sought the presence as petitioners, and naturally they dreaded denial.
From The Free Lances A Romance of the Mexican Valley by Mayne Reid
Of course the result cannot be very accurate, but is a dernier ressort.
From Due South or Cuba Past and Present by Maturin Murray Ballou
One last word—arsenic is the dernier ressort, and should not be used until other means have failed, whereas some people fly to it when a much simpler treatment would have done all that was necessary.
From A Manual of Toy Dogs How to breed, rear, and feed them by Mrs. Leslie Williams
He begged, however, that he might not be called upon to take office except as a dernier ressort, a necessity.
From The Letters of Queen Victoria : A Selection from her Majesty's correspondence between the years 1837 and 1861 Volume 2, 1844-1853 by Arthur Christopher Benson
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