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HTML

<div class="ellipsis" style="width: 100px; border: 1px solid black;">Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipisicing elit</div>
<div class="ellipsis multiline" style="width: 120px; height: 80px; border: 1px solid black; margin-bottom: 100px">Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipisicing elit</div>

CSS

.ellipsis {
        white-space: nowrap;
        overflow: hidden;
}

.ellipsis.multiline {
        white-space: normal;
}

JavaScript

(function($) {
$.fn.ellipsis = function()
{
    return this.each(function()
    {
    var el = $(this);

        if(el.css("overflow") == "hidden")
        {
        var text = el.html();
        var multiline = el.hasClass('multiline');
        var t = $(this.cloneNode(true))
                .hide()
                .css('position', 'absolute')
                .css('overflow', 'visible')
                .width(multiline ? el.width() : 'auto')
                .height(multiline ? 'auto' : el.height());

el.after(t);

function height() { return t.height() > el.height(); };
function width() { return t.width() > el.width(); };

var func = multiline ? height : width;

while (text.length > 0 && func())
{
        text = text.substr(0, text.length - 1);
        t.html(text + "...");
}

el.html(t.html());
t.remove();
            }
        });
};
})(jQuery);

$(document).ready(function()
{
    $(".ellipsis").ellipsis();                  
});