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HTML

<a href="#">Internal</a> <a href="#" class="ext">External</a>

CSS

a.ext {
    padding-left: 100px;
    position: relative;
}
a.ext:before {
    content: " George ";
    background: url("https://www.azdes.gov/uploadedImages/icon_external_link.png") center center no-repeat;
    display: block;
    width: 100px;
    height: 1.2em;
    left: 0;
    top: 0;
    position: absolute;
    font-weight:bold;
}