Get HTML Anchor Link text on Click using jQuery

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<script type="text/javascript" src="https://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/1.8.3/jquery.min.js"></script>
<script type="text/javascript">
    $(function () {
        $('a').click(function () {
            alert($(this).html());
        });
    });
</script>