IN 1757 Dyer published The Fleece, his greatest poetical work, of which I will not suppress a ludicrous story. Dodsley the bookseller was one day mentioning it to a critical visitor, with more expectation of success than the other could easily admit. In the conversation the author's age was asked, and being represented as advanced in life, 'He will', said the critic, 'be buried in woollen.'
From Johnson,Lives, iii. 344-5.