Me acosté para dormir; no pude....

In his opinion his Lordship was probably not mistaken; but his own account of his feeling in the business does not tend to exalt the magnanimity of his attachment to the cause: "I will take care," says he, "that it is for the public cause, otherwise I will not advance a para.

menor, minor, lesser; el , the least. menos, adv., less, least; except, with the exception of; á lo , at least; al , at least; la cosa no era para , nothing less could be expected; no poder (por) de, not to be able to help; sobre más ó , more or less; approximately, nearly, about; vuelven de los que van, fewer return than go.

A cup of sweetened tea costs 5 paras, or about one-third of a penny.