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

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

As a dernier ressort, he at last substituted cash for eatables, which was certainly a queer mode of satisfying the inner man.

From The Hindoos as they Are A Description of the Manners, Customs and the Inner Life of Hindoo Society in Bengal by Bose, Shib Chunder

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

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

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