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HTML

<div class="ellipsis">
    <div class="blah">
        <p>Call me Ishmael. Some years ago &ndash; never mind how long precisely &ndash; having little or no money in my purse, and nothing particular to interest me on shore, I thought I would sail about a little and see the watery part of the world. It is a way I have of driving off the spleen, and regulating the circulation. Whenever I find myself growing grim about the mouth; whenever it is a damp, drizzly November in my soul; whenever I find myself involuntarily pausing before coffin warehouses, and bringing up the rear of every funeral I meet; and especially whenever my hypos get such an upper hand of me, that it requires a strong moral principle to prevent me from deliberately stepping into the street, and methodically knocking people's hats off &ndash; then, I account it high time to get to sea as soon as I can.</p>
    </div>
</div>

CSS

html, body, p {
    margin: 0;
    padding: 0;
    font-family: sans-serif;
}
.ellipsis {
    overflow: hidden;
    height: 200px;
    line-height: 25px;
    margin: 20px;
    border: 5px solid #AAA;
}
.ellipsis:before {
    content:"";
    float: left;
    width: 5px;
    height: 200px;
}
.ellipsis > *:first-child {
    float: right;
    width: 100%;
    margin-left: -5px;
}
.ellipsis:after {
    content:"\02026";
    box-sizing: content-box;
    -webkit-box-sizing: content-box;
    -moz-box-sizing: content-box;
    float: right;
    position: relative;
    top: -25px;
    left: 100%;
    width: 3em;
    margin-left: -3em;
    padding-right: 5px;
    text-align: right;
    background: -webkit-gradient(linear, left top, right top, from(rgba(255, 255, 255, 0)), to(white), color-stop(50%, white));
    background: -moz-linear-gradient(to right, rgba(255, 255, 255, 0), white 50%, white);
    background: -o-linear-gradient(to right, rgba(255, 255, 255, 0), white 50%, white);
    background: -ms-linear-gradient(to right, rgba(255, 255, 255, 0), white 50%, white);
    background: linear-gradient(to right, rgba(255, 255, 255, 0), white 50%, white);
}