last expedient

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From that time matters beginning to look worse and worse, he considered it, as his last expedient, to address Cromwel himself.

From The Lives of the Poets of Great Britain and Ireland (1753) Volume IV by Cibber, Theophilus

By this last expedient he at once placed thirty feet of water between the boat and the Montauk, a space that the Arabs had no means of overcoming.

From Homeward Bound or, the Chase by Cooper, James Fenimore

The Esmeralda was putting out to sea when I thought of a last expedient to draw the attention of her captain.

From The Crack of Doom by Cromie, Robert

Why do I not try the last expedient which I can use against her?

From The Dramatic Works of G. E. Lessing Miss Sara Sampson, Philotas, Emilia Galotti, Nathan the Wise by Lessing, Gotthold Ephraim

But before having recourse to this last expedient I would make another attempt to go against the wind and the current.

From Farthest North Being the Record of a Voyage of Exploration of the Ship 'Fram' 1893-1896 Vol. I by Nansen, Fridtjof