dernier ressort
Example Sentences
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If they are deemed unlawful, unjust, and oppressive, first appealing to judicial supervision and all lawful means for relief and protection—revolution the dernier ressort.
From A Book Written by the Spirits of the So-Called Dead by Helleberg, C. G. (Carl Gustaf)
Do men who marry under such circumstances honour and trust the women, who as a dernier ressort bear their names?
From Infelice by Evans, Augusta J. (Augusta Jane)
Should he, however, for any reasons, be unable, I am at your service as a dernier ressort.
From Alfred Russel Wallace: Letters and Reminiscences, Vol. 1 by Marchant, James
But then they consider it as a kind of dernier ressort, and think it prudent to defer flying to this disagreeable refuge, till they have no relish left for any thing else.
From Essays on Various Subjects Principally Designed for Young Ladies by More, Hannah
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 Williams, Mrs. Leslie
