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<b>John Barton</b> "<b>Bart</b>" <b>King</b> (October 19, 1873 – October 17, 1965) was an American <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cricket" title="Cricket">cricketer</a>, active in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.

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function getSelectionHtml() {
    var html = "";
    if (typeof window.getSelection != "undefined") {
        var sel = window.getSelection();
        if (sel.rangeCount) {
            var container = document.createElement("div");
            for (var i = 0, len = sel.rangeCount; i < len; ++i) {
                container.appendChild(sel.getRangeAt(i).cloneContents());
            }
            html = container.innerHTML;
        }
    } else if (typeof document.selection != "undefined") {
        if (document.selection.type == "Text") {
            html = document.selection.createRange().htmlText;
        }
    }
    return html;
}

var result = getSelectionHtml();

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put revBrowserExecuteScript(gBrowserId, the cGetHtmlTextCode of this card) into tHtmlText
set the text of field "htmlView" to tHtmlText

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<B>John Barton</B> "<B>Bart</B>" <B>King</B> (October 19, 1873 – October 17, 
1965) was an American <A title=Cricket href="/wiki/Cricket">cricketer</A>, 
active in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.