The more serener spirit.
The most straitest sect.
These are instances of pleonasm in the strictest sense of the term.
[§ 431]. Collocation.—As a general rule, the adjective precedes the substantive—a good man, not a man good.
When, however, the adjective is qualified by either the expression of its degree, or accompanied by another adjective, it may follow the substantive—
A man just and good.
A woman wise and fair.
A hero devoted to his country.
A patriot disinterested to a great degree.
Single simple adjectives thus placed after their substantive, belong to the poetry of England, and especially to the ballad poetry—sighs profound—the leaves green.