dernier ressort

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The successor of this unknightly leader of the order was the Emperor Paul I., of Russia, who was chosen as a dernier ressort.

From The Story of Malta by Ballou, Maturin Murray

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 Randolph, Thomas Jefferson

He will not accept the worthless thing thrown at His feet, as a dernier ressort.

From Macaria by Evans, Augusta J. (Augusta Jane)

It was a strategic manoeuvre, a desperate and dernier ressort on his part.

From The Scalp Hunters by Stewart, F.A.

Locke, in the "Boston Gazette," said: "It will be considered by Americans whether the dernier ressort, and only asylum for their liberties, is not an American Commonwealth."

From Tea Leaves Being a Collection of Letters and Documents relating to the shipment of Tea to the American Colonies in the year 1773, by the East India Tea Company. (With an introduction, notes, and biographical notices of the Boston Tea Party) by Drake, Francis S. (Francis Samuel)