Perceiving at length one whose better dress and more intelligent look bespoke a rank above the common, I made the effort with such "platt Deutsch," as I could muster, to ask if there were any house near, where I could remain till the postillion's return?
"The Confessions of Harry Lorrequer, Complete"
Charles James Lever (1806-1872)
The poet of Venusia is made a Burgundian, a Berliner, and even a Platt-Deutsch.
"Horace and His Influence"
Grant Showerman
Der Grosse Katechismus, Deutsch."
"Historical Introductions to the Symbolical Books of the Evangelical Lutheran Church"
Friedrich Bente