dernier ressort

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Then came the stroke climacteric; the dernier ressort of satanic hostility.

From Life of Heber C. Kimball, an Apostle The Father and Founder of the British Mission by Whitney, Orson F.

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

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

He begged, however, that he might not be called upon to take office except as a dernier ressort, a necessity.

From The Letters of Queen Victoria : A Selection from her Majesty's correspondence between the years 1837 and 1861 Volume 2, 1844-1853 by Benson, Arthur Christopher

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

Locke, in the "Boston Gazette," said: "It will be considered by Americans whether the dernier ressort, and only asylum for their liberties, is not an American Commonwealth."

From Tea Leaves Being a Collection of Letters and Documents relating to the shipment of Tea to the American Colonies in the year 1773, by the East India Tea Company. (With an introduction, notes, and biographical notices of the Boston Tea Party) by Drake, Francis S. (Francis Samuel)