last expedient
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This last expedient would either be impossible or would involve an incalculable loss of time in the case of a caravan possessing only beasts of burden with a proportionately small number of drivers and attendants.
From Freeland A Social Anticipation by Hertzka, Theodor
Yet neither percentage, nor tenths, nor sacrilegious spoils, sufficed to meet his expenses; and, as a last expedient, the coin was debased, and irreparable injury inflicted on the country.
From An Illustrated History of Ireland from AD 400 to 1800 by Cusack, Mary Frances
We never guessed the real cause, never saw that he was driven to his last expedient, and obliged to prejudice all his hope of success by precipitancy.
From Barrington Volume II (of II) by Lever, Charles James
Diana who sees Cesar approaching, determines to try a last expedient, in order to humble his pride.
From The Standard Operaglass Detailed Plots of One Hundred and Fifty-one Celebrated Operas by Annesley, Charles, pseud.
As a last expedient I bethought myself of a dog-fight as the means of scattering the mob, and sent around the corner to organize one.
From The Children of the Poor by Riis, Jacob A. (Jacob August)
