dernier ressort
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A last appeal to the fellow before me only produced another smile; so, as a dernier ressort, I drew my chair towards the table, and thrust my manacled hands out of sight.
From Original Penny Readings A Series of Short Sketches by Fenn, George Manville
As a dernier ressort, application was made to the fountain-head—to Mr. Luke Fildes, R.A., the famous illustrator of that beautiful work.
From A Week's Tramp in Dickens-Land by Hughes, William R. (William Richard)
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
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
