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 Hannah More
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 James Marchant
This is the last refuge of the Theist—the dernier ressort of the theologian.
From Ingersoll in Canada A Reply to Wendling, Archbishop Lynch, Bystander; and Others by Allen Pringle
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 George Manville Fenn
Let Christian Scientists minister to the sick; the school- room is the dernier ressort.
From Miscellaneous Writings, 1883-1896 by Mary Baker Eddy
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