d3.selection.prototype.appendSVG = d3.selection.enter.prototype.appendSVG = function(SVGString) {return this.select(function() { return this.appendChild(document.importNode(new DOMParser().parseFromString('<svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg">' + SVGString + '</svg>', 'application/xml').documentElement.firstChild, true));});};
var svg = d3.select("body").append("svg").attr("width", 500).attr("height", 300);
var data = [{x:30,y:50},{x:420,y:100},{x:160,y:150},{x:260,y:30}];
var myLiteral = svg.selectAll(".literal")
.data(data)
.enter()
.appendSVG("<path d='M 22.889471,25.607172 C 22.589713,24.605127 24.092318,24.708731 24.554936,25.108955 C 25.808602,26.193538 25.053398,28.14136 23.885905,28.938102 C 21.797533,30.363287 19.018523,29.16303 17.893076,27.101823 C 16.241437,24.076919 17.936475,20.36976 20.896603,18.945312 C 24.841988,17.046747 29.504523,19.25402 31.216796,23.116087 C 33.371517,27.976105 30.644503,33.605344 25.878773,35.599962 C 20.106834,38.015712 13.505062,34.765112 11.231216,29.094691 C 8.551568,22.412295 12.327973,14.834577 18.903736,12.283452 C 26.495714,9.3380778 35.051552,13.641683 37.878656,21.12322 C 41.09099,29.624218 36.259254,39.159651 27.87164,42.261821 C 18.462006,45.741988 7.9459296,40.381466 4.5693566,31.087558 C 0.82072068,20.769559 6.7105029,9.2720694 16.910868,5.6215926' style='fill:none;fill-opacity:0.75;fill-rule:evenodd;stroke:#000000;stroke-width:4;stroke-linecap:round;stroke-linejoin:miter;stroke-miterlimit:4;stroke-dasharray:none;stroke-opacity:1'/>")
.attr("transform", function(d){ return "translate(" + d.x + "," + d.y + ")"});
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