Thus, in the scottish coal-fields, we find again and again that intrusive sheets have been squirted along the planes occupied by coal-seams, these having been more easily attacked than beds of sandstone or shale.
"Geology"
James Geikie
The next scottish printer is John Scot, whom the best authorities, despite the fact that he is first heard of in Edinburgh in 1539, refuse to identify with the John Skot who printed in London from 1521 to 1537. Whoever he was, he had no very happy existence, as notwithstanding some efforts to please the Protestant party, the work he did for the Catholics twice brought him into serious trouble.
"Fine Books"
Alfred W. Pollard
Then she told me that my four grandparents were English, Irish, scottish and Welsh.
"The Pioneers"
Katharine Susannah Prichard