dernier ressort

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Mr. Barclay and myself have thought of Cairnes, at L'Ori-ent, as a dernier ressort.

From Memoir, Correspondence, And Miscellanies, From The Papers Of Thomas Jefferson, Volume 1 by Randolph, Thomas Jefferson

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

Of course the result cannot be very accurate, but is a dernier ressort.

From Due South or Cuba Past and Present by Ballou, Maturin Murray

Of this dernier ressort they would be deprived, if equal sentences were passed on all for like offences.

From The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 19, No. 551, June 9, 1832 by Various

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