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HTML

<script src="http://johannburkard.de/resources/Johann/jquery.highlight-4.js"></script>
<div></div>
<p>Lorem ipsum</p>

CSS

.highlight { background-color: yellow }

JavaScript

var request = $.ajax({
    url: '/echo/html/',
    data: {
        html: "<p>Lorem ipsum</p>",
        delay: 1
    },
    type: "POST",
    dataType: "html"
});

request.done(function (msg) {
    $("div").html(msg);
    $('p').highlight('rem um');
});