Read the excerpt from "a modest proposal." but, as to my self, having been wearied out for many years with offering vain, idle, visionary thoughts, and at length utterly despairing of success, i fortunately fell upon this proposal, which, as it is wholly new, so it hath something solid and real, of no expence and little trouble, full in our own power, and whereby we can incur no danger in disobliging england. which statement effectively paraphrases this excerpt using a quotation? swift states that he has "been wearied out for many years with offering vain, idle, visionary thoughts" and almost gave up any hope of ever achieving success of any kind.