… from England and her many suitors there among whom Charles Wesley, left for Ireland where she attended several literary salons: 'I have just began an acquaintance among the wits – Mrs Grierson, Mrs Sycon and Mrs Pilkington; the latter is a … that point, also see David Nokes, Jonathan Swift: A Hypocrite Reversed (London: Oxford University Press, 1985), p. 385. Salonnière In the following years, in England, Mary and her sister Ann met regularly with the Wesley brothers, John and … suggest a degree of involvement in the circle of the ladies of Llangollen. 4 More regularly still, she attended the salons of Elizabeth Montagu , Elizabeth Vesey and Hester Chapone, meeting several famous writers, including Henrietta …