dernier ressort

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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

Let Christian Scientists minister to the sick; the school- room is the dernier ressort.

From Miscellaneous Writings, 1883-1896 by Eddy, Mary Baker

Ha!—I love him too well to let him be Miss Charlecote’s engine for managing me!—her dernier ressort to play on my feelings. 

From Hopes and Fears or, scenes from the life of a spinster by Yonge, Charlotte Mary

I was only running to him as a sort of dernier ressort.

From The Quadroon Adventures in the Far West by Reid, Mayne

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