Limpid as flowing water, with a thought of syllabubs and new-made hay in it, it is a perpetual delight.
"Mary Powell & Deborah's Diary"
Anne Manning
The hothouses yielded their early strawberries, and the cows, decorated with blue ribbons, were to give syllabubs.
"Alice, or The Mysteries, Book II"
Edward Bulwer Lytton
Previously to her marriage with the baronet, many love-passages had passed between her and William Pitt Scully, Esquire, the attorney; and there was especially one story, a propos of certain syllabubs and Sally-Lunn cakes, which seemed to show that matters had gone very far.
"The Bedford-Row Conspiracy"
William Makepeace Thackeray