When daylight came, I arose and went down to the veranda, not weary from sleeplessness, but with a gentle languor upon me which was better than rest.
"Wives and Widows; or The Broken Life"
Ann S. Stephens
Their cheeks and eyes told of a night spent in sleeplessness and tears.
"The White Gauntlet"
Mayne Reid
The head of the house was late in giving the sign for retiring, and did so at last only in view of his wife's admonition that it was time to bid good-night, since he generally paid for so pleasant an evening by some hours of sleeplessness.
"Quicksands"
Adolph Streckfuss