dernier ressort

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All facts connecting Lloyd with the case tend to his implication and guilt, and to prove that he adopted the dernier ressort of guilt— accusation and inculpation of another.

From The World's Best Orations, Vol. 1 (of 10) by Various

It was a dernier ressort, and only adopted because all other efforts had failed; after years of yearning, deep craving of the heart.

From The Scalp Hunters by Stewart, F.A.

Dalrymple, the chief hydrographer of the Admiralty, who had chief claims to the command, was also somewhat of a faddist, and Cook was selected almost as a dernier ressort.

From The Story of Geographical Discovery How the World Became Known by Jacobs, Joseph

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

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